Graphite, watercolour and pen on paper
Eu and Treport Sketchbook
Eu and Treport Sketchbook
Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845
Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845
Eu and Treport Sketchbook
France
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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>
StJacques du Tréport Harbour
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
boat, sailing
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
cliff
countries and continents
dock
France
harbour
hill
landscape
places
religious
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
sunshine
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
Tréport, Le, Church of St-Jacques
weather
<p>These five watercolours of the port of Le Treport and the nearby town of Eu in Normandy record Turner's last journey to the Continent in 1845. During this visit Turner was invited to dine at the chateau of Eu by the French king, Louis-Philippe, whom he had known many years earlier. Ruskin's descriptions of these works concentrate on the technical achievement by which they were brought about. For example, he notes that the cliff in no.1 'is a masterpiece of drawing; it is not possible with the given number of touches to indicate more faithfully the form of a chalk precipice, or the way it breaks into the turf at its brow.'</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour pen
6 June 2003 – 31 August 2003
2003-08-31
6 June 2003 – 31 August 2003
2003-08-31
2003-06-06
Musée de Picardie (Amiens, France)
2003-06-06
Turner, Ruskin and the Duthoit Brothers
Loan-out
St-Jacques du Tréport from the Harbour
support: 230 × 328 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>These 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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a> of the port of Le Treport and the nearby town of Eu in Normandy record Turner's last journey to the Continent in 1845. During this visit Turner was invited to dine at the chateau of Eu by the French king, Louis-Philippe, whom he had known many years earlier. Ruskin's descriptions of these works concentrate on the technical achievement by which they were brought about. For example, he notes that the cliff in no.1 'is a masterpiece of <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>drawing</span></a>; it is not possible with the given number of touches to indicate more faithfully 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/f/form" title="Glossary definition for 'Form'"><span>form</span></a> of a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/chalk" title="Glossary definition for 'Chalk'"><span>chalk</span></a> precipice, or the way it breaks into the turf at its brow.'<br/></p>
Display caption
2004-09-03T00:00:00
display-caption
DISPLAY_CAPTION
/art/ajax/research-text/art/artworks/turner-st-jacques-du-treport-from-the-harbour-d35452/TURNER_CATALOGUE_TEXT_WORK
Catalogue entry
2015-04-19T00:00:00
catalogue-entry-xml
TURNER_CATALOGUE_TEXT_WORK
architecture boat, sailing church cities, towns, villages (non-UK) cliff countries and continents dock France harbour hill landscape places religious sea seascapes and coasts society sunshine townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water Tréport, Le, Church of St-Jacques weather
CCCLIX 17