Graphite and watercolour on paper
Watercolours and Drawings Related to the 1797 North of England Tour, and Other Subjects
Watercolours and Drawings Related to the 1797 North of England Tour, and Other Subjects
North of England 1797-1801
North of England 1797-1801
Rotherham
Doncaster
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>
Interior a Cannon Foundry
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
artillery
Conisbrough - non-specific
Doncaster
economics: Industrial Revolution, 18th c.
England
foundry
history
industrial and crafts
interiors
man
metalworking
objects
people
places
politics and society
Rotherham
Rotherham - non-specific
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
weapons
work and occupations
workspaces
<p>This watercolour shows workers forging cannon in a foundry. As in the picture of anchors being forged, Turner depicts industry which helped support Britain’s role in the French Revolutionary Wars. The location of this foundry is not confirmed, but Turner visited sites in Wales, the Midlands and the north of England at this time.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2022</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
31 July 2002 – 21 October 2002
2002-10-21
31 July 2002 – 21 October 2002
2002-10-21
2002-07-31
Deutsches Historisches Museum (Berlin, Germany)
2002-07-31
The Second Creation - Images of the Industrial World
Loan-out
28 October 2020 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
28 October 2020 – 12 September 2021
2021-09-12
2020-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
17 October 2021 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2021-10-17
Turner's Modern World
Loan-out
The Interior of a Cannon Foundry
support: 247 × 347 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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<p>This watercolour shows workers forging cannon in a foundry. As in the picture of anchors being forged, Turner depicts industry which helped support Britain’s role in the French Revolutionary Wars. The location of this foundry is not confirmed, but Turner visited sites in Wales, the Midlands and the north of England at this time.</p>
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