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
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Bridge Meulan
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
bank
boat - non-specific
bridge
bridges and viaducts
child
children
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
dock
France
hill
horse
landscape
man
Meulan
people
places
riding
river
society
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
transport: water
tree
water: inland
woman
<p>There has been some uncertainty about the identity of the place depicted in this view, not least because Turner was himself confused about its name. On the back of the sheet he recorded it as 'Medan', but this was corrected to the present title when the image was engraved. It is an unusual presentation of Meulan, taken from the opposite side of the river to the town itself, so that for the most part its buildings are screened by the island in the middle of the Seine. In comparison with the apparently effortless means of steam transport on the lower part of the Seine, Turner here reveals the exertions of man and beast in more traditional means of moving produce upstream.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
The Bridge of Meulan
support: 142 × 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>There has been some uncertainty about the identity  of the place depicted in this view, not least  because Turner was himself confused about its  name. On the back of the sheet he recorded it as  'Medan', but this was corrected to the present  title when the image was <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>engraved</span></a>. It is an  unusual presentation of Meulan, taken from the  opposite side of the river to the town itself, so  that for the most part its buildings are screened  by the island in the middle of the Seine. In  comparison with the apparently effortless means of  steam transport on the lower part of the Seine,  Turner here reveals the exertions of man and beast  in more traditional means of moving produce  upstream.</p>
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adults animals: mammals architecture bank boat - non-specific bridge bridges and viaducts child children cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents dock France hill horse landscape man Meulan people places riding river society townscapes / man-made features transport: land transport: water tree water: inland woman
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