Graphite on paper
Givet, Mézières, Verdun, Metz, Luxemburg and Trèves Sketchbook
Givet, Mézières, Verdun, Metz, Luxemburg and Trèves Sketchbook
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
Luxembourg
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Givet, Mézières, Verdun, Metz, Luxemburg and Trèves Sketchbook
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>
Bock Luxembourg and St Johns Church SouthWest
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
fortification
hill
landscape
Luxembourg
Luxembourg - non-specific
military
natural features (non-UK)
places
Rocher du Bock
rocky
spire
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
<p>In this sketchbook Turner was chiefly concerned with the great towns of the upper Meuse and adjacent areas, showing their vast and complicated fortifications either situated on rocky cliffs (as at Givet) or constructed between whip-lash meanders (as at Mézières on the Meuse and Metz on the Moselle). Luxembourg was the largest town recorded, with the most complex sequence of citadels, fortifications and valleys. Turner's viewpoint for both the sketches on ff.61v-62r was the Alzette valley immediately beneath the Pont du Château, looking north-eastwards towards the cliff-like Rocher du Bock and, further away, the four great fortified towers on the Rham.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 1991</em></p>
paper unique graphite
The Bock, Luxembourg, and St John’s Church, from the South-West
support: 101 × 168 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>In this sketchbook Turner was chiefly concerned with the great towns of the upper Meuse and adjacent areas, showing their vast and complicated fortifications either situated on rocky cliffs (as at Givet) or constructed between whip-lash meanders (as at Mézières on the Meuse and Metz on the Moselle). Luxembourg was the largest town recorded, with the most complex sequence of citadels, fortifications and valleys. Turner's viewpoint for both the sketches on ff.61v-62r was the Alzette valley immediately beneath the Pont du Château, looking north-eastwards towards the cliff-like Rocher du Bock and, further away, the four great fortified towers on the Rham.</p>
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architecture bridge bridges and viaducts cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents features fortification hill landscape Luxembourg Luxembourg - non-specific military natural features (non-UK) places Rocher du Bock rocky spire townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features
CCLXXXVIII 61 a