Graphite on paper
Loose Studies of Northern France
Loose Studies of Northern France
Northern France c.1826-32
Northern France c.1826-32
France
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>
Château dUssé Château de Chousay Loire Valley
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
castle
Château d’Ussé
Château de Chouzé
countries and continents
France
landscape
landscape - non-specific
man-made landmarks (non-UK)
military
places
<p>The first of Turner's Loire sketchbooks covers only his journey as far upriver as SAumur, but he did not begin his next book until he was within sight of Tours. To bridge the distance between these two places he used some loose sheets of paper in order to set down hasty impression of the chateaux he glimpsed from the window of his coach (probably one of the lumbering vehicles known as a dligence). At Langeais he was able to make a more composed study of the chateaux, but those of Usse, Cinq-Mars-le-Pile and Luynes appear as little more than suggestive outlines. Once in Tours, these loose sheets also came in useful for studies of some of the principal buildings.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Château d’Ussé; Château de Chousay, Loire Valley
support: 111 × 173 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>The first of Turner's Loire sketchbooks covers  only his journey as far upriver as SAumur, but he  did not begin his next book until he was within  sight of Tours. To bridge the distance between  these two places he used some loose sheets of  <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> in order to set down hasty impression of the  chateaux he glimpsed from the window of his coach  (probably one of the lumbering vehicles known as a  dligence). At Langeais he was able to make a more  composed study of the chateaux, but those of Usse,  Cinq-Mars-le-Pile and Luynes appear as little more  than suggestive outlines. Once in Tours, these  loose sheets also came in useful for studies of  some of the principal buildings.</p>
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architecture castle Château de Chouzé Château d’Ussé countries and continents France landscape landscape - non-specific man-made landmarks (non-UK) military places
CCCXLIV 244 a