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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Steven Morris

‘Prince of the rocks’: JMW Turner’s gorge paintings go on show in Bristol

A Turner watercolour of a view towards the sea framed by the rocky walls of a cave
Gorge-ous: Turner’s The Mouth of the Avon, Near Bristol, Seen from Cliffs Below Clifton. Photograph: c/o Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

He was so keen on clambering around the craggy cliffs of the Avon Gorge as a teenager that he was nicknamed “prince of the rocks”.

An exhibition featuring rarely seen JMW Turner watercolours inspired by his nimble explorations of the gorge is opening at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. They are so fragile that they are rarely brought out of careful storage and may not be seen again for a while.

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