Gouache and watercolour on paper
‘Rivers of England’ Watercolours
‘Rivers of England’ Watercolours
Rivers of England c.1822-4
Rivers of England c.1822-4
Hertfordshire
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>
More Park near Watford on River Colne
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
actions: postures and motions
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
boy
canal
children
country house
cow
England
England, East
England, Southern
estate
fishing
fishing rod
girl
Grand Union Canal
group
groups
Hertfordshire
hill
industrial
landscape
leisure and pastimes
lock
Lot Mead Lock
objects
people
places
rain
reclining
residential
river
River Colne
sport
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK man-made landmarks
UK natural features
water: inland
Watford, More Park
weather
wooded
<p>This watercolour foregrounds Lot Mead Lock on the Grand Union Canal, which connected London and Birmingham. More Park was landscaped by ‘Capability’ Brown in the 18th century. Turner’s composition suggests a seamless blend between these human-made landscapes, the commercial canal and the landscaped gardens.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
28 October 2020 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
28 October 2020 – 12 September 2021
2021-09-12
2020-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
17 October 2021 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2021-10-17
Turner's Modern World
Loan-out
More Park, near Watford, on the River Colne
support: 158 × 221 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
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<p>This watercolour foregrounds Lot Mead Lock on the Grand Union Canal, which connected London and Birmingham. More Park was landscaped by ‘Capability’ Brown in the 18th century. Turner’s composition suggests a seamless blend between these human-made landscapes, the commercial canal and the landscaped gardens.</p>
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actions: postures and motions agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: mammals architecture boy canal children country house cow England England, East England, Southern estate fishing fishing rod girl Grand Union Canal group groups Hertfordshire hill industrial landscape leisure and pastimes lock Lot Mead Lock objects people places rain reclining residential river River Colne sport townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK man-made landmarks UK natural features water: inland Watford, More Park weather wooded
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