Oil paint and charcoal on paper on board
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Gordale Scar
Purchased 1907
cliff
England
England, Northern
Gordale Scar
gorge
landscape
places
rocky
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
waterfall
Yorkshire, North
<p>This is a study for the central area of Ward's gigantic 'Gordale Scar' of 1812-14 (Tate Gallery). Ward was commissioned to paint this by Lord Ribblesdale, who owned the Scar, and made numerous studies of it on a visit in 1811. Gordale Scar, near Settle in Yorkshire, was already famous as one of the most sublime natural sites in Britain but Ward increased its grandeur almost beyond recognition in his fourteen-foot canvas, combining different views of the place, exaggerating its scale and casting a menacing sky overall. This small sketch, however, preserves the light and warm colours that Ward would have observed in the summer of 1811.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique oil paint charcoal board
22 July 2013 – 28 June 2014
2014-06-28
22 July 2013 – 22 September 2013
2013-09-22
2013-07-22
Compton Verney (Compton Verney, UK)
5 October 2013 – 5 January 2014
2014-01-05
2013-10-05
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
1 March 2014 – 28 June 2014
2014-06-28
2014-03-01
Laing Art Gallery (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/
2013-07-22
Capturing British Landscape in the age of Turner and Constable
Loan-out
Sketch for ‘Gordale Scar’
support: 318 × 429 mm
Purchased 1907
<p>This is a study for the central area of Ward's gigantic 'Gordale Scar' of 1812-14 (Tate Gallery). Ward was commissioned to paint this by Lord Ribblesdale, who owned the Scar, and made numerous studies of it on a visit in 1811. Gordale Scar, near Settle in Yorkshire, was already famous as one of the most <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sublime" title="Glossary definition for 'Sublime'"><span>sublime</span></a> natural sites in Britain but Ward increased its grandeur almost beyond recognition in his fourteen-foot <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/canvas" title="Glossary definition for 'Canvas'"><span>canvas</span></a>, combining different views of the place, exaggerating its scale and <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/cast" title="Glossary definition for 'Cast'"><span>casting</span></a> a menacing sky overall. This small sketch, however, preserves the light and warm colours that Ward would have observed in the summer of 1811.</p>
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cliff England England, Northern Gordale Scar gorge landscape places rocky UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features waterfall water: inland Yorkshire, North