Gouache and watercolour on paper
Petworth House: Studies of Interiors and Figures
Sussex, West
Sussex - non-specific
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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Petworth House White and Gold Room with Van Dyck Portraits
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
carpet
chandelier
cornice
couch
domestic
door
England
England, South East
England, Southern
features
fine art and design, named works
fireplace
furnishings
heating and lighting
interiors
living room
mirror
objects
Petworth, Petworth House
places
plasterwork
Sussex - non-specific
Sussex, West
table
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
Van Dyck, Anthony, painting, ‘Venus at the Forge of Vulcan’
window
paper unique gouache watercolour
4 July 2002 – 29 September 2002
2002-09-29
4 July 2002 – 29 September 2002
2002-09-29
2002-07-04
National Trust: Petworth House (Petworth, UK)
2002-07-04
Turner at Petworth
Loan-out
Petworth House: The White and Gold Room, with Van Dyck Portraits
support: 134 × 191 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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This work by Turner is a gouache and watercolour sketch on medium weight, blue wove paper. Titled <i>The White and Gold Room</i> this work is quite a detailed sketch that may, unlike many of Turner's sketches be a finished piece.
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There are seemingly random marks and shapes that form what essentially is quite a detailed work. Turner has confidently applied both media in both fluid and dry brush strokes. The image covers the whole of the surface of the recto, from edge to edge. It is possible that the artist has left parts of the support exposed and/or other parts with just a fine film of watercolour. The gouache has been used a little more sparingly though more deliberately. Though unspecific in areas used (i.e. not particularly fore/middle/back ground) it has been applied to highlight detail throughout.
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There are some losses to the white and white mixed paint films where applied, in some places leaving only a faint illusion that there was highlighting there at all. It is known that Turner used little or no binder in his use of lead white which means that any pigment with enough lead white blended into it is prone to flaking and losses. It's likely that this work has previously been treated so it is now in quite good condition.
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Jo Gracey<br/>
June 2001
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architecture carpet chandelier cornice couch domestic door England England, South East England, Southern features fine art and design, named works fireplace furnishings heating and lighting interiors living room mirror objects Petworth, Petworth House places plasterwork Sussex - non-specific Sussex, West table UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions Van Dyck, Anthony, painting, ‘Venus at the Forge of Vulcan’ window
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