Gouache, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Meuse-Moselle Gouache and Watercolour Drawings
Meuse-Moselle Gouache and Watercolour Drawings
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839
Luxembourg
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>
Luxembourg Bourbon Plateau
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
cliff
countries and continents
fortification
hill
landscape
Luxembourg
Luxembourg, Citadel of St-Esprit
military
natural features (non-UK)
places
Rham Plateau
<p>In Turner's day Luxembourg was noted as the strongest fortress town in Europe and regarded as virtually impregnable. Built on several different vast cliffs above the confluence of the Alzette and the Pétrusse, it consisted of numerous sets of fortifications, most notably the Citadel of St-Esprit (no.121), the Bock (nos.124, 125) and the Rham (no.123). The first two of these are linked by the eighteenth-century Pont du Château visible in nos.122 and 124. The monumental grandeur of Luxembourg inspired Turner to paint more gouache studies than any other sight on his 1839 tour; the recent discovery of no.122 brings the known total up to twenty.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache pen ink watercolour
Luxembourg from the Bourbon Plateau
support: 141 × 188 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>In Turner's day Luxembourg was noted as the strongest fortress town in Europe and regarded as virtually impregnable. Built on several different vast cliffs above the confluence of the Alzette and the Pétrusse, it consisted of numerous sets of fortifications, most notably the Citadel of St-Esprit (no.121), the Bock (nos.124, 125) and the Rham (no.123). The first two of these are linked by the eighteenth-century Pont du Château visible in nos.122 and 124. The monumental grandeur of Luxembourg inspired Turner to paint more <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>gouache</span></a> studies than any other sight on his 1839 tour; the recent discovery of no.122 brings the known total up to twenty.</p>
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architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) cliff countries and continents fortification hill landscape Luxembourg Luxembourg, Citadel of St-Esprit military natural features (non-UK) places Rham Plateau
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