Gouache and watercolour on paper
Loose Studies of Paris and the Seine
Loose Studies of Paris and the Seine
Northern France 1832
Northern France 1832
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>
Porte SaintDenis Paris
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
arch
architecture
carriage
cart
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
figure
France
group
groups
Paris, Porte St Denis
people
places
society
square
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
<p>An unfinished view, to which Turner has begun to add foreground details of busy street life. These indicate that he presumably intended to bring the subject to the same level of completion as his other Paris views on blue paper of the same period. The Porte St. Denis is a 17th century triumphal entrance to the centre of the city, in the Rue St. Denis.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
20 June 2013 – 15 September 2013
2013-09-15
20 June 2013 – 15 September 2013
2013-09-15
2013-06-20
The Wallace Collection (London, UK)
http://www.wallace-collection.org.uk
2013-06-20
The Discovery of Paris
Loan-out
The Porte Saint-Denis, Paris
support: 142 × 194 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>An unfinished view, to which Turner has begun to add foreground details of busy street life. These indicate that he presumably intended to bring the subject to the same level of completion as his other Paris views on blue <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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> of the same period. The Porte St. Denis is a 17th century triumphal entrance to the centre of the city, in the Rue St. Denis.</p>
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