Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet Boat in the Evening

Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet Boat in the Evening is an 1826 landscape painting by the British artist Joseph Mallord William Turner.^{[1] [2]} It shows a scene as the Rhine River passes through the city of Cologne as a packet boat arrives. Visible on the skyline to the right is Great St. Martin Church, Cologne.

Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet Boat in the Evening
Artist	J. M. W. Turner
Year	1826
Type	Oil on canvas, landscape
Dimensions	168.6 cm × 224.2 cm (66.4 in × 88.3 in)
Location	Frick Collection, New York City

It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's 1826 Summer Exhibition at Somerset House along with the artist's Mortlake Terrace. Today it is in the Frick Collection in New York.^[3]

See also

• List of paintings by J. M. W. Turner

References

1. Trotter p.57
2. Hamilton p.156
3. https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/turner/60

Bibliography

• Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
• Hamilton, James. Turner's Britain. Merrell, 2003.
• Reynolds, Graham. Turner. Thames & Hudson, 2022.
• Shanes, Eric. Turner: The Life and Masterworks. Parkstone, 2004.
• Trotter, David. Cooking with Mud: The Idea of Mess in Nineteenth-century Art and Fiction. Oxford University Press, 2000.