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>
Shipping at Canteleu Normandy
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
actions: processes and functions
adults
architecture
boat, barge
boat, sailing
Canteleu
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
figure
France
group
groups
hill
landscape
natural features (non-UK)
people
places
pulling
river
River Seine
society
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
water: inland
<p>As in so many of the studies of the lower Seine, this drawing focuses as much on the working life of the river as on a specific setting. The precise location depicted here has not previously been identified, partly because the details of what Turner depicts are somewhat at variance with reality. Though the church on the left if presumably intended to represent the Convent Ste-Barbe, just below the heights of Canteleu, it is not an accurate depiction of the building. Instead, Turner seems to have had recourse to one of his pen and ink sketches, in which he recorded the church at Louviers (no.27).</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
Shipping at Canteleu, Normandy
support: 138 × 191 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>As in so many of the studies of the lower Seine,  this <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>drawing</span></a> focuses as much on the working life  of the river as on a specific setting. The  precise location depicted here has not previously  been identified, partly because the details of  what Turner depicts are somewhat at variance with  reality. Though the church on the left if  presumably intended to represent the Convent  Ste-Barbe, just below the heights of Canteleu, it  is not an accurate depiction of the building.  Instead, Turner seems to have had recourse to one  of 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/p/pen-and-ink" title="Glossary definition for 'Pen and Ink'"><span>pen and ink</span></a> sketches, in which he recorded  the church at Louviers (no.27).</p>
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actions: processes and functions adults architecture boat, barge boat, sailing Canteleu cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents figure France group groups hill landscape natural features (non-UK) people places pulling river River Seine society townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water water: inland
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