Gouache and watercolour on paper
Watercolours for ‘Wanderings by the Seine, from Rouen to the Source’ (‘Turner’s Annual Tour’)
Watercolours for ‘Wanderings by the Seine, from Rouen to the Source’ (‘Turner’s Annual Tour’)
Wanderings by the Seine (Rivers of France)  c.1832-3
Wanderings by the Seine (Rivers of France)  c.1832-3
France
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Turner’s Annual Tour: The Seine 1835 Watercolours
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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PontdelArche
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
carriage
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
France
hill
landscape
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
Pont-de-l’Arche
river
River Seine
road
society
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
tree
water: inland
woman
<p>Most of the other artists who painted the river crossing at Pont-de-l'Arche made it an excuse for picturesque depictions of the ramshackle old bridge (that by Gendall is on display in a showcase in the first room of the exhibition, downstairs). Turner, on the other hand, chose to ignore the mills lining the bridge, even though he had recorded them on the spot in 1829, and instead produced a distinctly modern-looking structure. In following the road to Paris from Rouen, Pont-de-l'Arche is the next town of any note encountered by the traveller. However, in the published sequence of the 1835 *Annual Tour*, this view was placed after the views of Château Gaillard and Vernon, which are further upstream.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
Pont-de-l’Arche
support: 140 × 191 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>Most of the other artists who painted the river  crossing at Pont-de-l'Arche made it an excuse for  <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>picturesque</span></a> depictions of the ramshackle old  bridge (that by Gendall is on display in a  showcase in the first room of the exhibition,  downstairs). Turner, on the other hand, chose to  ignore the mills lining the bridge, even though he  had recorded them on the spot in 1829, and instead  produced a distinctly modern-looking structure. In  following the road to Paris from Rouen,  Pont-de-l'Arche is the next town of any note  encountered by the traveller. However, in the  published sequence of the 1835 *Annual Tour*, this  view was placed after the views of Château  Gaillard and Vernon, which are further upstream.</p>
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adults architecture bridge bridges and viaducts carriage cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents France hill landscape natural features (non-UK) people places Pont-de-l’Arche river River Seine road society townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: land tree water: inland woman
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