Gouache and watercolour on paper
Meuse-Moselle Gouache and Watercolour Drawings
Meuse-Moselle Gouache and Watercolour Drawings
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
France
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>
Mézières with Pont de Pierre and Church NotreDame
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
Charleville-Mézières, Notre-Dame d’Espérance
Charleville-Mézières, Pont de Pierre
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
classical
countries and continents
features
figure
France
group
groups
hill
landscape
medieval
natural features (non-UK)
natural phenomena
people
periods and styles
places
reflection
religious
river
River Meuse
tower
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
<p>In 1839 Turner was fascinated by the complex fortifications of Mézières and its imposing sixteenth-century church crowned by a classical tower, and recorded them in numerous sketches. The domed top storey of the church shown here was replaced by a tall, tapering spire in the late 1850s, but its previous appearance is recorded in two of the earliest known photographs of Mézières, believed to date from 1855. The sight of such monumental buildings inspired Turner to paint one of his grandest gouache studies, reminiscent of his own historical oil paintings of a much earlier period such as 'The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire' of 1817 (Gallery 106).</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
1 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
1 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-01
The Annual Tourist 1830-40
Collection based display
10 September 2014 – 20 September 2015
2015-09-20
10 September 2014 – 25 January 2015
2015-01-25
2014-09-10
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-09-10
Late Turner: Painting Set Free
Exhibition
Mézières, with the Pont de Pierre and Church of Notre-Dame
support: 139 × 193 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 1839 Turner was fascinated by the complex fortifications of Mézières and its imposing sixteenth-century church crowned by 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/c/classicism" title="Glossary definition for 'Classicism'"><span>classical</span></a> tower, and recorded them in numerous sketches. The domed top storey of the church shown here was replaced by a tall, tapering spire in the late 1850s, but its previous appearance is recorded in two of the earliest known <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/photograph" title="Glossary definition for 'Photograph'"><span>photographs</span></a> of Mézières, believed to date from 1855. The sight of such monumental buildings inspired Turner to paint one of his grandest <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>gouache</span></a> studies, reminiscent of his own historical oil <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> of a much earlier period such as 'The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire' of 1817 (Gallery 106).</p>
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CCLIX 166