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
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Tour de Haute Chaine Angers
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Angers - non-specific
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
France
natural features (non-UK)
places
River Maine
tower
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
<p>The sheets displayed in this showcase all depict Angers, the capital of the area known as Anjou, and mostly focus on the views to be had close to the riverside. The addition of another four of the smaller pieces would complete the sixteen sections of the original sheet of blue paper, to give some idea of its size before Turner folded and tore it into more useful, pocket-size fragments. Turner sketched in pencil on similar sheets of blue paper at Nantes and Tours, but in contrast with those places, very few of the views of Angers were later worked up in colour (no.78). This is probably because Angers lies on the River Maine, rather than the Loire, which had become the object of Turner's special interest.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Tour de Haute Chaine, Angers
support: 131 × 187 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 sheets displayed in this showcase all depict  Angers, the capital of the area known as Anjou,  and mostly focus on the views to be had close to  the riverside. The addition of another four of the  smaller pieces would complete the sixteen sections  of the original sheet of blue <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>, to give some  idea of its size before Turner folded and tore it  into more useful, pocket-size fragments. Turner  sketched in <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/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> on similar sheets of blue paper  at Nantes and Tours, but in contrast with those  places, very few of the views of Angers were later  worked up in colour (no.78). This is probably  because Angers lies on the River Maine, rather  than the Loire, which had become the object of  Turner's special interest.</p>
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Angers - non-specific architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents features France natural features (non-UK) places River Maine tower townscape townscapes / man-made features
CCLX 17