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
Belgium
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Cliffs and Cornfields by Meuse with Poilvache in Distance
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Belgium
boat, sailing
castle
cliff
countries and continents
evening
farmland
landscape
man-made landmarks (non-UK)
military
natural features (non-UK)
natural phenomena
places
Poilvache
river
River Meuse
shadow
society
sunshine
times of the day
transport: water
valley
water: inland
weather
<p>On the twenty-mile stretch between Namur and Dinant the Meuse becomes increasingly like the Middle Rhine, with rocky cliffs, steep wooded hills, picturesque towns and the remains of several medieval castles including Poilvache just north of Dinant. The contrast between the two banks of the river here is especially striking. One of Turner's contemporaries noted that a wall of naked rock on the left bank of the Meuse faced cultivated land as far as the eye could reach - exactly the contrast glimpsed in no.95.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
Cliffs and Cornfields by the Meuse with Poilvache in the Distance
support: 141 × 188 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>On the twenty-mile stretch between Namur and Dinant the Meuse becomes increasingly like the Middle Rhine, with rocky cliffs, steep wooded hills, <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>picturesque</span></a> towns and the remains of several medieval castles including Poilvache just north of Dinant. The contrast between the two banks of the river here is especially striking. One of Turner's contemporaries noted that a wall of naked rock on the left bank of the Meuse faced cultivated land as far as the eye could reach - exactly the contrast glimpsed in no.95.</p>
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Catalogue entry
2014-11-09T00:00:00
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architecture Belgium boat, sailing castle cliff countries and continents evening farmland landscape man-made landmarks (non-UK) military natural features (non-UK) natural phenomena places Poilvache river River Meuse shadow society sunshine times of the day transport: water valley water: inland weather
CCXXIII A