Snow Storm: Hannibal and his army crossing the Alps

By Kind Permission of a Private Collection

Snow Storm: Hannibal and his army crossing the Alps, oil on canvas, exhibited Royal Academy 1812, Turner Bequest, Tate Britain ( Wilton P126).

Surprisingly, this is Ruskin 's only reference to this now celebrated painting, in the whole of his writings on Turner.

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J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Snowstorm: Hannibal and his Army crossing the Alps 1812
Oil on canvas, 146x237.5cm
Exhibitions: RA 1812 (258); Tate Gallery 1931 (49); Tate Gallery 1959 (347); Paris 1972 (262, repr); Lisbon 1973 (6, repr in colour); RA 1974-5 (88, repr); Leningrad & Moscow 1975-6 (7); Munich 1979-80 (220, repr); Paris 1983-4 (28, repr in colour); Birmingham, 1984
Engraving:
Engraved by J. Cousen, 1859
Steel engraving, 15.6x24.9cm
Engraved for the Turner Gallery, 1859-1875
Provenance: Turner Bequest 1856 (6: Hannibal crossing the Alps), transported to Tate Gallery, London, 1910
Further Comments: Engraved after the death of Turner.
Collection: Tate Gallery, London