Graphite on paper
Seine and Paris Sketchbook
Seine and Paris Sketchbook
Northern France 1832
Northern France 1832
France
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Seine and Paris Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Château Gaillard West Normandy
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
castle
Château Gaillard
countries and continents
France
hill
landscape
man-made landmarks (non-UK)
military
military
places
rocky
ruins
<p>Many of Turner's designs for the two volumes of 'The Rivers of France' charting the course of the Seine are based on studies made on a tour to France in 1832. This sketchbook contains a sequence of slight and rapid studies of Château Gaillard, revealing Turner to be less concerned with amassing information than with examining the various pictorial possibilities of the site. The study on folio 55 was adapted for one of the finest illustrations he made for the series (no.32).</p><p><em>Gallery label, January 1992</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Château Gaillard from the West, Normandy
support: 174 × 117 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>Many of Turner's designs for the two volumes of 'The Rivers of France' charting the course of the Seine are based on studies made on a tour to France in 1832. This sketchbook contains a sequence of slight and rapid studies of Château Gaillard, revealing Turner to be less concerned with amassing information than with examining the various pictorial possibilities of the site. The study on folio 55 was adapted for one of the finest illustrations he made for the series (no.32).</p>
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