Gouache, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Meuse-Moselle Gouache and Watercolour Drawings
Meuse-Moselle Gouache and Watercolour Drawings
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
Belgium
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Franchimont with Church Saints Hermes and Alexander Theux
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
Belgium
castle
church
Château de Franchimont
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
dawn
dog - non-specific
hill
landscape
man
man-made landmarks (non-UK)
military
military
people
places
religious
ruins
Theux, Church of SS Hermes and Alexander
times of the day
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
valley
woman
wooded
<p>Before travelling up the Meuse, Turner made an excursion from Liège to Spa which took him past the ruined medieval castle of Franchimont, the stronghold of William de la Marck, the 'Wild Boar of the Ardennes', whose dire exploits are described in Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Quentin Durward'. Turner's five gouache studies, showing Franchimont from different stages of his journey, have stylistic and colouristic elements in common but each has its own special mood. In no.109 he suggests a pearly dawn with the castle just catching the first rosy light of morning; no.111 is bristling with Romantic energy; while nos.112-113 enjoy a lighter mood.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache pen ink watercolour
Franchimont with the Church of Saints Hermes and Alexander, Theux
support: 141 × 192 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>Before travelling up the Meuse, Turner made an excursion from Liège to Spa which took him past the ruined medieval castle of Franchimont, the stronghold of William de la Marck, the 'Wild Boar of the Ardennes', whose dire exploits are described in Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Quentin Durward'. Turner's five <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> studies, showing Franchimont from different stages of his journey, have stylistic and colouristic elements in common but each has its own special mood. In no.109 he suggests a pearly dawn with the castle just catching the first rosy light of morning; no.111 is bristling with <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/romanticism" title="Glossary definition for 'Romanticism'"><span>Romantic</span></a> energy; while nos.112-113 enjoy a lighter mood.</p>
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adults animals: mammals architecture Belgium castle Château de Franchimont church cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents dawn dog - non-specific hill landscape man man-made landmarks (non-UK) military military people places religious ruins Theux, Church of SS Hermes and Alexander times of the day townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features valley woman wooded
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