Chalk, gouache and watercolour on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<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>
Vermilion Palace
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
castle
figure
landscape
military
mountain
people
river
rocky
tree
water: inland
<p>This watercolour was once thought to show the area bordering the Rivers Meuse and Mosel. Recent research, however, suggests that this is unlikely. Back in the early 1880s, when John  Ruskin first selected it for display, he was similarly frustrated. Unable to name the place, he called it The Vermilion Palace. This reflects the fact that Turner's later watercolours are frequently dominated  by an overall tone or colour.</p><p>The subject remains unknown, though  it may prove to be a view on the River Rhone, which Turner explored in the  later 1830s.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique chalk gouache watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
The Vermilion Palace
support: 140 × 190 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
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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/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> was once thought to show the area bordering the Rivers Meuse and Mosel. Recent research, however, suggests that this is unlikely. Back in the early 1880s, when John <br/>
Ruskin first selected it for display, he was similarly frustrated. Unable to name the place, he called it The Vermilion Palace. This reflects the fact that Turner's later watercolours are frequently dominated <br/>
by an overall <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/t/tone" title="Glossary definition for 'Tone'"><span>tone</span></a> or colour.</p>
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The subject remains unknown, though <br/>
it may prove to be a view on the River Rhone, which Turner explored in the <br/>
later 1830s.</p>
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adults architecture castle figure landscape military mountain people river rocky tree water: inland
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