Watercolour on paper
‘Rivers of England’ Watercolours
‘Rivers of England’ Watercolours
Rivers of England c.1822-4
Rivers of England c.1822-4
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>
Shields on River Tyne
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
astronomy
boat, barge
boat, rowing
brazier
cloud
coal
crowd
England
groups
heating and lighting
man
moon
night
objects
people
places
railway
river
River Tyne
sailor
Shields
ship, sailing
society
times of the day
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
trading and commercial
train
transport: land
transport: water
Tyneside - non-specific
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
weather
woman
work and occupations
<p>Turner made this watercolour, and that of Newcastle, for his engraved series <span>Rivers of England</span>. In them he celebrates the Tyne and its role in trading and shipping the coal that fuelled Britain’s steam age. Newcastle was the ‘great emporium of the coal trade’. At Shields, ‘keelmen’ worked all hours loading colliers with coal delivered on elevated iron rails known as ‘hurries’. In fact, as their work became mechanised, keelmen became victims of British technological progress.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
2005-06-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-06-15
A Picture of Britain
Exhibition
1 October 2007 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
1 October 2007 – 6 January 2008
2008-01-06
2007-10-01
National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA)
10 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-10
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, USA)
http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
23 June 2008 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
2008-06-23
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
http://www.metmuseum.org
2007-10-01
JMW Turner
Tate partnerships & programmes
21 November 2013 – 1 September 2014
2014-09-01
21 November 2013 – 21 April 2014
2014-04-21
2013-11-21
National Maritime Museum (London, UK)
http://www.nmm.ac.uk
2013-11-21
Turner and Marine Painting: Imagining the Sea, 1796 - 1899
Loan-out
8 September 2016 – 10 December 2016
2016-12-10
8 September 2016 – 10 December 2016
2016-12-10
2016-09-08
South Shields Museum and Art Gallery (South Shields, UK)
2016-09-08
J M W Turner’s Shields on the River Tyne
Loan-out
22 February 2017 – 14 May 2017
2017-05-14
22 February 2017 – 14 May 2017
2017-05-14
2017-02-22
Frick Collection (New York, USA)
http://www.frick.org
2017-02-22
Turner’s Modern and Ancient Ports: Passages through Time
Loan-out
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
Shields, on the River Tyne
support: 154 × 216 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>Turner made this watercolour, and that of Newcastle, for his engraved series <i>Rivers of England</i>. In them he celebrates the Tyne and its role in trading and shipping the coal that fuelled Britain’s steam age. Newcastle was the ‘great emporium of the coal trade’. At Shields, ‘keelmen’ worked all hours loading colliers with coal delivered on elevated iron rails known as ‘hurries’. In fact, as their work became mechanised, keelmen became victims of British technological progress.</p>
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adults architecture astronomy boat, barge boat, rowing brazier cloud coal crowd England groups heating and lighting man moon night objects people places railway river River Tyne sailor Shields ship, sailing society times of the day townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features trading and commercial train transport: land transport: water Tyneside - non-specific UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features water: inland weather woman work and occupations
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