Gouache and graphite on paper
Loose Studies of Northern France
Loose Studies of Northern France
Northern France c.1826-32
Northern France c.1826-32
France
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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Grande Galerie Palais du Louvre
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
actions: postures and motions
adults
arch
architecture
art and craft
art appreciation
art gallery
artist - non-specific
arts and entertainment
ceiling
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
drawing
features
figure
fine arts and music
France
interiors
leisure and pastimes
objects
painting
Paris, 1st arrondissement
Paris, 1st arrondissement, Louvre
people
periods and styles
places
public and municipal
Renaissance
sitting
work and occupations
<p>After completing his journey up the Loire, Turner travelled by coach to Paris. He spent a few days there studying the buildings lining the banks of the Seine, perhaps contemplating a series of views of the city such as Frederick Nash had produced a few years earlier. This was probably also the occasion on which he made this and some other sketches of the interior of the Louvre, since his sketchbook includes notes relating to the top-lighting of the galleries. Furthermore, the blue paper is the same type as that used for many of the Loire images. Turner would have been especially interested in the new system of lighting, having only recently attempted to improve his own gallery on Queen Anne Street.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache graphite
Grande Galerie, Palais du Louvre
support: 123 × 185 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>After completing his journey up the Loire, Turner  travelled by coach to Paris. He spent a few days  there studying the buildings lining the banks of  the Seine, perhaps contemplating a series of  views of the city such as Frederick Nash had  produced a few years earlier. This was probably  also the occasion on which he made this and some  other sketches of the interior of the Louvre,  since his sketchbook includes notes relating to  the top-lighting of the galleries. Furthermore,  the blue <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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> is the same type as that used for  many of the Loire images. Turner would have been  especially interested in the new system of  lighting, having only recently attempted to  improve his own gallery on Queen Anne Street.</p>
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