Graphite and watercolour on paper
Napoleon Recollections c.1841-2
Napoleon Recollections c.1841-2
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>
Adieu Fontainebleau
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abstraction
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
Fontainebleau, Palace of Fontainebleau
France
from recognisable sources
landscape
palace
places
residential
<p>This sketch returns to a subject Turner had illustrated in Walter Scott’s <span>Life of Napoleon Buonaparte</span> (1834–6), Napoleon’s farewell after his abdication in 1814.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
28 October 2020 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
28 October 2020 – 12 September 2021
2021-09-12
2020-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
17 October 2021 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2021-10-17
Turner's Modern World
Loan-out
Adieu Fontainebleau
support: 221 × 292 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
<div class="text">
<p>This sketch returns to a subject Turner had illustrated in Walter Scott’s <i>Life of Napoleon Buonaparte</i> (1834–6), Napoleon’s farewell after his abdication in 1814.</p>
</div>

Display caption
2022-11-03T00:00:00
display-caption
DISPLAY_CAPTION
/art/ajax/research-text/art/artworks/turner-adieu-fontainebleau-d27546/TURNER_CATALOGUE_TEXT_WORK
Catalogue entry
2019-11-24T00:00:00
catalogue-entry-xml
TURNER_CATALOGUE_TEXT_WORK
abstraction architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents Fontainebleau, Palace of Fontainebleau France from recognisable sources landscape palace places residential
CCLXXX 29