△《Approach to Venice》Artist: J. M. W. Turner (British, 1775-1851), 62 x 94 cm, exhibited 1844, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
當《邁向威尼斯 / Approach to Venice》作品於1844年首次展出時，透納援引拜倫的詩句：「The moon is up, and yet it is not night / The sun as yet disputes the day with her.」作為導引序言。
多彩明媚的威尼斯呈現出一片燦爛繁華，貢多拉搖曳於大運河 (The Grand Canal) 河道之上。一輩子從事繪畫的職業生涯裡，透納總扮演著一位才氣縱橫的繆斯，從平面的畫布上註解：大氣、光和水的夢幻倒影。
『The path lies o‘er the sea invisible,
And from the land we went
As to a floating city, steering in,
And gliding up her streets as in a dream,
So smoothly, silently.
--Samuel Rogers, "Italy" (1818)』