Graphite on paper
Rouen Sketchbook
Rouen Sketchbook
Northern France c.1826-32
Northern France c.1826-32
France
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Rouen Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Mont SaintMichel Normandy
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abbey
architecture
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
fortification
France
island
military
Mont St Michel
places
religious
seascapes and coasts
<p>Turner arrived back in London from Italy in February 1829 and was immediately hopeful of travelling south again that year. However, this was not to be. Instead in August he travelled up the Seine to Paris, before heading along the coast of Normandy and returning via the Channel Islands. This tour also included Mont St Michel, a granite island lying in the estuary between Granville and St Malo.</p><p><em>Gallery label, January 1991</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy
support: 116 × 182 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>Turner arrived back in London from Italy in February 1829 and was immediately hopeful of travelling south again that year. However, this was not to be. Instead in August he travelled up the Seine to Paris, before heading along the coast of Normandy and returning via the Channel Islands. This tour also included Mont St Michel, a granite island lying in the estuary between Granville and St Malo.</p>
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