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Frontispiece to Age Francis I
Presented by Lady Weston as part of the Sir Joseph Weston Gift 1908
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Château de Chambord
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Müller, William James, ‘Sketches of the Age of Francis I’
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<p>This was a sketch for the frontispiece of a volume of illustrations, Müller’s Sketches of the Age of Francis 1st 1841. It shows the architecturally complex rooftop of Chambord, Francis I’s hunting lodge. Many details were changed in the published frontispiece, including the addition of two soldiers in sixteenth-century costume.</p><p>The raw, direct use of watercolour in this sketch is a departure both from the traditions of antiquarian illustration and the landscape watercolourists’ refined use of washes. It conveys a sense of urgent observation that suited the romanticised vision of the past.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
26 May 2003 – 8 December 2003
2003-12-08
26 May 2003
2003-05-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-05-26
British Watercolours: Turner and his Contemporaries around 1840
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Sketch for the Frontispiece to the ‘Age of Francis I’
support: 571 × 394 mm
Presented by Lady Weston as part of the Sir Joseph Weston Gift 1908
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<span class="text16">This was a sketch for the frontispiece  </span><span class="text15">of a volume of illustrations, </span><span class="text17">Müller’s      </span><span class="text18">Sketches of the Age of Francis 1st</span><span class="text16"> 1841.  </span><span class="text15">It shows the      architecturally complex </span><span class="text16">rooftop of Chambord,      Francis I’s hunting </span><span class="text15">lodge. Many details      were changed </span><span class="text16">
in the published frontispiece,      including  the addition of two soldiers in sixteenth-century costume. </span><span class="text0">
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<span class="text14">The raw, direct use of <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>  in this sketch is      a departure both from  the traditions of antiquarian illustration </span><span class="text13">
and 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> watercolourists’ refined use of      washes. It conveys a sense of urgent observation that suited the      romanticised vision of the past. </span>
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arch architecture Château de Chambord coat of arms countries and continents features flag - non-specific France literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man-made landmarks (non-UK) Müller, William James, ‘Sketches of the Age of Francis I’ objects palace periods and styles places religious and ceremonial Renaissance residential stonework tower