Watercolour on paper
‘Rivers of England’ Watercolours
‘Rivers of England’ Watercolours
Rivers of England c.1822-4
Rivers of England c.1822-4
Devon
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>
Dartmouth on River Dart
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
boatyard
bottle
Dartmouth - non-specific
Devon
donkey
England
England, South West
England, Southern
estuary
harbour
hill
hoop
industrial
landscape
man
milkman
objects
pack animal
people
places
river
River Dart
road
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, sailing
society
sunrise
times of the day
tin can
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
toys and models
trading and commercial
transport: land
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
vessels and containers
water: inland
wooded
work and occupations
<p>This watercolour was prepared as the basis of a print to be included in a series called The Rivers of England (1822–26). This was one of many publications that helped establish a new vision of the national scenery, that now encompassed modern industry and urbanisation.</p><p>The emphasis in this image is on a sense of dynamism in the landscape, with the plunging angles leading down to the furious activity in the shipyards. But the image also allows for the details of mundane human activity in the figure of the milkman on his rounds at the right.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
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2006-08-05
The Box (Plymouth, UK)
2006-05-20
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Loan-out
8 February 2013 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
8 February 2013 – 19 May 2013
2013-05-19
2013-02-08
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
4 June 2013 – 8 September 2013
2013-09-08
2013-06-04
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australia)
8 October 2013 – 18 December 2013
2013-12-18
2013-10-08
Toyko Metropolitan Art Museum (Toyko, Japan)
1 January 2014 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
2014-01-01
Kobe City Museum (Kobe, Japan)
2013-02-08
J.M.W. Turner: Makings of a Master
Loan-out
Dartmouth, on the River Dart
support: 157 × 226 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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<span class="text0">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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> was prepared as the basis of a <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/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</span></a>      to be included in a series called </span><span class="text3">The Rivers of      England</span><span class="text0"> (1822–26). This was one of many      publications that </span><span class="text1">helped establish a new vision      of the </span><span class="text6">national scenery, that now encompassed </span><span class="text0">modern industry and urbanisation. </span>
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<span class="text0">The emphasis in this image is on a sense </span><span class="text11">of dynamism in 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/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a>, with  the plunging angles      leading down </span><span class="text0">
to the furious activity in the      shipyards.  But the image also allows for the details of mundane human      activity in the figure  of the milkman on his rounds at the right. </span>
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adults animals: mammals architecture boatyard bottle Dartmouth - non-specific Devon donkey England England, Southern England, South West estuary harbour hill hoop industrial landscape man milkman objects pack animal people places river River Dart road sea seascapes and coasts ship, sailing society sunrise times of the day tin can townscape townscapes / man-made features toys and models trading and commercial transport: land transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features vessels and containers water: inland wooded work and occupations
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