Graphite on paper
Trèves to Cochem and Coblenz to Mayence Sketchbook
Trèves to Cochem and Coblenz to Mayence Sketchbook
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
Germany
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Trèves to Cochem and Coblenz to Mayence Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Mouth Alf Cliffs on Moselle
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
Alf
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
cliff
countries and continents
figure
Germany
group
groups
hill
landscape
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
river
River Alf
River Mosel
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
<p>Turner's second Meuse-Mosel tour has traditionally been dated to 1834, but a sketch in this book, showing a statue not erected until 1837, has led to its redating. Many of Turner's 1839 sketches later formed the basis of his coloured drawings on blue paper. The two exhibited here clearly depict the same scene as no.61: the village of Alf and, on a hill over the Alf valley, the ruins of the strategically placed Burg Arras. The sketches are little more than memoranda and the gouache study follows them with a degree of artistic licence, but the essential configurations of the landscape remain both constant and close to nature.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
The Mouth of the Alf; Cliffs on the Moselle
support: 100 × 163 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>Turner's second Meuse-Mosel tour has traditionally been dated to 1834, but a sketch in this book, showing a statue not erected until 1837, has led to its redating. Many of Turner's 1839 sketches later formed the basis of his coloured <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> on blue <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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a>. The two exhibited here clearly depict the same scene as no.61: the village of Alf and, on a hill over the Alf valley, the ruins of the strategically placed Burg Arras. The sketches are little more than memoranda and the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>gouache</span></a> study follows them with a degree of artistic licence, but the essential configurations of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> remain both constant and close to nature.</p>
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