Graphite on paper
Swans Sketchbook
Swans Sketchbook
Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797-1807
Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797-1807
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Swans Sketchbook
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>
Interior a Tilt Forge
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
forge
interiors
machinery
objects
places
tools and machinery
UK countries and regions
Wales
workspaces
<p>Turner filled many sketchbooks with drawings and watercolours while travelling around Britain in the 1790s. He appears to have sought out industrial subjects like the two forges shown here. One is producing anchors that were used on ships fighting in the French Revolutionary Wars. The other drawing presents in detail the workings of a tilt forge: a waterwheel powers large tilt hammers which pound iron to make it malleable.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2022</em></p>
paper unique graphite
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
The Interior of a Tilt Forge
support: 174 × 125 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 filled many sketchbooks with drawings and watercolours while travelling around Britain in the 1790s. He appears to have sought out industrial subjects like the two forges shown here. One is producing anchors that were used on ships fighting in the French Revolutionary Wars. The other drawing presents in detail the workings of a tilt forge: a waterwheel powers large tilt hammers which pound iron to make it malleable.</p>
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