When Adams acquired The Approach to Venice around 1930, the painting was correctly attributed to Turner. Though the artist had bequeathed most of his work to the United Kingdom’s national art ...

Turner was the most famous British artist of the 19th Century ... Image source, NGI Image caption, Venice from the Lagoon will be one of the paintings on display As well as the 30 works from ...

Turner expert Peter Bower concluded that its paper matched other Turner paintings of Venice. Another Turner scholar, Ian Warrell, confirmed the painting’s origins.