Watercolour on paper
Napoleon Recollections c.1841-2
Napoleon Recollections c.1841-2
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>
Sauve Qui Peut Column Red Figures Some on Horseback
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
abstraction
actions: expressive
adults
army
caption
colour
emotions, concepts and ideas
figure
fleeing
formal qualities
from recognisable sources
groups
hill
inscriptions
landscape
landscape
people
symbols and personifications
<p>The phrase ‘Sauve qui peut’ [‘every man for himself’] is found in Walter Scott’s biography of Napoleon. It is used to describe the turmoil in the streets of Paris as news of his abdication spread. It also recalls the French army’s defeat at Waterloo, which may be the subject here.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
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
‘Sauve Qui Peut’: Column of Red Figures, Some on Horseback
support: 216 × 290 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>The phrase ‘Sauve qui peut’ [‘every man for himself’] is found in Walter Scott’s biography of Napoleon. It is used to describe the turmoil in the streets of Paris as news of his abdication spread. It also recalls the French army’s defeat at Waterloo, which may be the subject here.</p>
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abstraction actions: expressive adults army caption colour emotions, concepts and ideas figure fleeing formal qualities from recognisable sources groups hill inscriptions landscape landscape people symbols and personifications
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