Gouache and watercolour on paper
Watercolours for ‘Wanderings by the Seine’ (‘Turner’s Annual Tour’)
Watercolours for ‘Wanderings by the Seine’ (‘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 1834 Watercolours
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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La Chaire de Gargantua near Duclair
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
boat, sailing
cloud
countries and continents
figure
France
La Chaire/Chaise de Gargantua
lightning
natural features (non-UK)
natural phenomena
people
places
reflection
river
River Seine
society
storm
transport: water
water: inland
weather
<p>This dramatic watercolour was made for a print series of scenes on the River Seine published in 1834. It would have been unusual for a printmaker to work from a watercolour on blue paper. It takes its title from the feature halfway up the hillside. This rocky outcrop is said to resemble a giant’s chair. Turner lets loose on atmospheric effects here. A lightning bolt is reflected in the water on the left, while smoke rises from the steamship – like those on which Turner loved to travel – on the right.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2023</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
24 April 2006 – 23 October 2006
2006-10-23
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-04-24
Turner and the Natural World
Collection based display
13 March 2023
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2023-03-13
Gallery 102
Collection based display
La Chaire de Gargantua, near Duclair
support: 138 × 189 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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<p>This dramatic watercolour was made for a print series of scenes on the River Seine published in 1834. It would have been unusual for a printmaker to work from a watercolour on blue paper. It takes its title from the feature halfway up the hillside. This rocky outcrop is said to resemble a giant’s chair. Turner lets loose on atmospheric effects here. A lightning bolt is reflected in the water on the left, while smoke rises from the steamship – like those on which Turner loved to travel – on the right.</p>
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