テート・ギャラリーのインスタグラム(tate) - 6月23日 00時06分

Today we headed to Sir John @soanemuseum, a fellow nominee for the @Artfund #MuseumoftheYear award, along with @hepworthwakefield, @palacehouse_nkt and the Lapworth Museum of Geology.

Among the many wonderful objects and stories that were shared with us were letters between J.M.W. Turner and Sir John Soane discussing Turner's painting “Forum Romanum, for Soane’s Museum,” which now hangs at Tate Britain. [image 1]

Turner initially painted this work for Sir John Soane's collection but Soane rejected the painting for not being suited to the room in which it was to hang. In a series of letters Turner and Soane discussed the commission and Turner eventually returned Soane's cheque for the painting. You can clearly see Turner's distinctive signature on the letters. [images 2 and 3]

Sir Augustus Wall Callcott's painting, "The Passage Point", an Italian Composition 1829-30, eventually replaced the Turner painting in Soane's museum. [image 4]

Turner and Soane were friends for many years; they regularly dined together and went on fishing trips. A distinguished architect himself, Soane was a prolific collector of contemporary art and championed many of the artists of his day.

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