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Leeds. National Exhibition of Works of Art. 1868, no. 2064.
London. Old Water-Colour Society. 1870, no. 227.
Probably London. Loan Exhibition, 1871, no. 212.
London. Royal Academy of Arts. 1873, no. 377.
Ohio. Cincinnati Art Museum, 1935–1936.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Paintings, Drawings, and Prints by J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, and R. P. Bonington, March 19–April 28, 1946, no. 46.
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Cranbrook Academy of Art. Light and the Painter, September 5–28, 1952, no. 39.
Ohio. Art Institute of Zanesville. Masterpieces from Ohio Museums, April 11–May 9, 1954.
Indianapolis, Indiana. John Herron Art Museum. Turner in America, November 6–December 18, 1955, no. 48.
Ohio. Dayton Art Institute. Turner in America, January 5–25, 1956, no. 48.
New York. Otto Gerson Gallery. Joseph Mallord William Turner: Watercolors and Drawings, November 9–December 10, 1960, no. 37.
Michigan. Grand Rapids Art Museum. February 7–28, 1965.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. J. M. W. Turner: The Foundations of Genius, September 18–November 2, 1986, no. 57.
Minnesota. Minneapolis Institute of Arts. January–March, 2002 (during TMA renovation).
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. Turner Watercolors from the Taft Collections, May 15–July 4, 2004.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. Turner Watercolors from the Taft Collections, June 24–August 21, 2005.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. Turner Watercolors from the Taft Collections, July 21–October 1, 2006.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. Turner Watercolors from the Taft Collections, February 29–May 4, 2008.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. Turner Watercolors from the Taft Collections, April 17–June 14, 2009.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. Turner Watercolors from the Taft Collections, May 28–August 1, 2010.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. J. M. W. Turner: Watercolors to Books, February 10–April 15, 2012.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. Travels with Turner: Watercolors from the Taft Collection, January 18–April 14, 2019.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. J.M.W. Turner: Watercolor Horizons, March 1–June 15, 2025.

A comparison of this late work with Turner’s first exhibited watercolor reveals his lifelong movement away from clear narratives and accuracy toward more evocative compositions. In Lake of Thun, Turner focuses on the effects of atmosphere and brilliant color, as demonstrated by the undefined edges of sky, mountains, and water, and by the platform in the foreground that seems to melt into the surrounding landscape.

Turner’s Techniques
Many visible pencil lines throughout Lake of Thun suggest Turner applied the color quickly. Circular forms in the tallest tree’s foliage indicate Turner may have dabbed on the pigment with a sponge, rag, or tip of a round brush.

Acquired by General Rawdon. Acquired by William Quilter, Norwood, Lincoln; (consigned to Christie's, London, April 9, 1875, probably unsold (stock no. 237)) [1]; (consigned to Christie's, London); purchased by Agnew’s, London, May 18, 1889 (stock no. 97)). Acquired by Joseph Ruston, Monks Manor, Lincoln; (consigned to Christie’s, London); (purchased by Agnew’s, London, July 4, 1913 (stock no. 106)). (Acquired by Scott and Fowles, New York, NY); purchased by Charles Phelps Taft [1843-1929] and Anna Sinton Taft [1850-1931], Cincinnati, OH, December 22, 1914 [2]; donated to the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, Cincinnati, OH, May 21, 1927 [3]; transferred to the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH, September 1, 2006 [4].

Notes:

[1]. Possibly purchased at Christie’s sale by Lane. See Taft Museum of Art object file. [2]. This was the last work of art the Tafts purchased from Charles Fowles [1865-1915] before his death on the Lusitania. See Taft Museum of Art object file. [3]. The Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts (CIFA) was formed by Charles Phelps and Anna Sinton Taft on March 22, 1927 as a non-profit corporation to stimulate the development of art and music in the City of Cincinnati and run the Taft Museum of Art, which opened in 1932. The Tafts offered $1 million for a permanent endowment fund, on the condition that the community raise $2.5 million in matching funds, which was achieved by December 3, 1928. [4]. Until August 31, 2006, the Museum was owned by CIFA, administered by CIFA’s Board of Trustees, and governed by the Taft Museum Board of Overseers. On September 1, 2006, the Museum legally separated from CIFA and began operations as its own incorporated 501(c)(3) entity. This separate incorporation led to the transfer to the separate entity after August 31, 2006 of all tangible assets comprising the Taft collection.

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