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Frosty Morning

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Frosty Morning
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Year1813
TypeOil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions113.5 cm × 174.5 cm (44.7 in × 68.7 in)
LocationTate Britain, London

Frosty Morning is an 1813 landscape painting by the British artist J. M. W. Turner. Based on a sketch made when Turner was journeying to Yorkshire and the coach paused.[1] It depicts a bright but frosty early morning in winter and group of men clearing a ditch at the side of the road. The girl in the painting, with a hare stole around her shoulders, is believed to be modelled on Turner's eldest daughter Evelina.[2]

It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's 1813 Summer Exhibition at Somerset House, where it was his most successful work.[3] John Constable's friend and patron John Fisher considered it the only work on display that year better than Constable's own paintings, describing it as a "picture of pictures".[4] In 1818 Turner valued the work at 350 guineas but did not sell it.[5] Part of the Turner Bequest of 1856, it is today in the collection of the Tate Britain.[6]

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  • Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
  • Hamilton, James. Turner - A Life. Sceptre, 1998.
  • Reynolds, Graham. Turner. Thames & Hudson, 2022.