Gouache and watercolour on paper
Watercolours for ‘Wanderings by the Seine, from Rouen to the Source’ (‘Turner’s Annual Tour’)
Watercolours for ‘Wanderings by the Seine, from Rouen to the Source’ (‘Turner’s Annual Tour’)
Wanderings by the Seine (Rivers of France)  c.1832-3
Wanderings by the Seine (Rivers of France)  c.1832-3
France
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Turner’s Annual Tour: The Seine 1835 Watercolours
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>
Troyes
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cathedral
child
children
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
dog - non-specific
features
France
gate
hoop
leisure and pastimes
natural features (non-UK)
objects
people
pier
places
poplar
recreational activities
religious
river
River Seine
tower
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
toys and models
Troyes, Porte de Pont St Georges
walking
water: inland
waterfront
woman
<p>Troyes was the furthest point up the Seine depicted by Turner for the 1835 edition of the *Annual Tour*. When he arrived there during the 1832 tour his interest in the project had been overtaken by his enthusiasm for the more recent commission to locate places associated with Napoloeon. Consequently he travelled east to Brienne, instead of south towards the source of the Seine near Dijon. Nevertheless, this drawing, with its atmospheric mood of an early autumn evening, provides a suitable note on which to close the sequence. The towers of the city are seen from the surrounding ramparts, where residents enjoy the air at the end of the day, an activity recommended in contemporary guidebooks.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
Troyes
support: 142 × 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>Troyes was the furthest point up the Seine  depicted by Turner for the 1835 <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/edition" title="Glossary definition for 'Edition'"><span>edition</span></a> of the  *Annual Tour*. When he arrived there during the  1832 tour his interest in the project had been  overtaken by his enthusiasm for the more recent  commission to locate places associated with  Napoloeon. Consequently he travelled east to  Brienne, instead of south towards the source of  the Seine near Dijon. Nevertheless, this <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>,  with its atmospheric mood of an early autumn  evening, provides a suitable note on which to  close the sequence. The towers of the city are  seen from the surrounding ramparts, where  residents enjoy the air at the end of the day, an  activity recommended in contemporary guidebooks.</p>
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adults animals: mammals architecture bridge bridges and viaducts cathedral child children cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents dog - non-specific features France gate hoop leisure and pastimes natural features (non-UK) objects people pier places poplar recreational activities religious river River Seine tower townscape townscapes / man-made features toys and models Troyes, Porte de Pont St Georges walking waterfront water: inland woman
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