Gouache 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
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>
Sedan SouthEast
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
army
cart
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
dome
features
figure
fortification
France
gate
groups
horse
military
military
people
periods and styles
places
religious
Renaissance
Sedan
society
soldier
tower
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
work and occupations
<p>In the middle distance Turner shows the two principal buildings of Sedan, the seventeenth-century church of St Charles with its two black, domed towers and the colossal fortified castle dating from the Renaissance. His viewpoint is to the south-east, just outside the Porte de Bouillon. The military activities of the foreground provide the scene not only with an appropriate human element but also with the requisite sense of scale. This majestic, land-locked scene stands in complete contrast to the brilliantly coloured view at Mézières (no.103); together they form a superb conclusion to Turner's views of the Meuse.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
Sedan from the South-East
support: 141 × 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>In the middle distance Turner shows the two principal buildings of Sedan, the seventeenth-century church of St Charles with its two black, domed towers and the colossal fortified castle dating from 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/r/renaissance" title="Glossary definition for 'Renaissance'"><span>Renaissance</span></a>. His viewpoint is to the south-east, just outside the Porte de Bouillon. The military activities of the foreground provide the scene not only with an appropriate human element but also with the requisite sense of scale. This majestic, land-locked scene stands in complete contrast to the brilliantly coloured view at Mézières (no.103); together they form a superb conclusion to Turner's views of the Meuse.</p>
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