Gouache and watercolour on paper
Watercolours for ‘Wanderings by the Seine, from Rouen to the Source’ (‘Turner’s Annual Tour’)
Watercolours for ‘Wanderings by the Seine, from Rouen to the Source’ (‘Turner’s Annual Tour’)
Wanderings by the Seine (Rivers of France)  c.1832-3
Wanderings by the Seine (Rivers of France)  c.1832-3
France
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Turner’s Annual Tour: The Seine 1835 Watercolours
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>
Vernon
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
boat - non-specific
bridge
bridges and viaducts
carriage
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
France
group
groups
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
river
River Seine
society
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
transport: water
Vernon - non-specific
water: inland
<p>The weather plays an important part in many of Turner's views on the River Seine, adding drama and meaning to the viewpoints chosen. Often his gouache drawings on blue paper bear only the most generalised idea of an effect, which was then refined and developed during the engraving process. In this view of Vernon, for example, the sky has been almost totally revised by J.T.Willmore, who engraved the plate under Turner's supervision. A comparison between the sky in the drawing and the engraving of the same subject shows that the fluffy lines of cloud are merely suggested in the watercolour, while they are given much more definite form in the print.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
Vernon
support: 139 × 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>The weather plays an important part in many of Turner's views on the River Seine, adding drama and meaning to the viewpoints chosen. Often his <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> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> 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> bear only the most generalised idea of an effect, which was then refined and developed during 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/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraving</span></a> process. In this view of Vernon, for example, the sky has been almost totally revised by J.T.Willmore, who engraved the plate under Turner's supervision. A comparison between the sky in the drawing and the engraving of the same subject shows that the fluffy lines of cloud are merely suggested in 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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a>, while they are given much more definite <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/f/form" title="Glossary definition for 'Form'"><span>form</span></a> in 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/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</span></a>.</p>
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adults architecture boat - non-specific bridge bridges and viaducts carriage cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure France group groups natural features (non-UK) people places river River Seine society townscape townscapes / man-made features transport: land transport: water Vernon - non-specific water: inland
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