Buttermere Lake (painting)
Painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner
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Buttermere Lake is a 1798 landscape painting by J. M. W. Turner. It features a view of Buttermere in Cumberland. Turner had visited the Lake District the previous year and this painting was based on his studies of the area.
| Buttermere Lake | |
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| Dimensions | 88.9 cm × 119.4 cm (35.0 in × 47.0 in) |
| Location | Tate |
| Accession | N00460 |
| Website | tate |
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1798 at Somerset House.[1] It is also known by the longer title Buttermere Lake, with Part of Cromackwater, Cumberland, a Shower. Today the painting is in the collection of the Tate Britain, having been part of the Turner Bequest of 1851.[2] It featured at the Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals exhibition at the Tate in 2025-26.[3]
