Venice, the Bridge of Sighs is an 1840 cityscape painting by the English artist J.M.W.
[1] It depicts a view of Venice, then part of the Austrian Empire, looking towards the famous Bridge of Sighs.
It appeared with lines from Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage referencing the view.
[3] All seven works Turner exhibited that year met with widespread critical derision.
[4] The work was part of the Turner Bequest of 1856 and is now in the collection of the Tate Britain.