J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839 > Givet, Mézières, Verdun, Metz, Luxemburg ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Verdun from the Meuse about a Mile to its North 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Verdun from the Meuse about a Mile to its North’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Recto:
Verdun from the Meuse about a Mile to its North 1839
D28211
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 23
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 101 x 168 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘23’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXXVIII–23’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With sparing swift line Turner depicts the city of Verdun about a mile to its north from the banks of the Meuse, the river’s sweeping meander suggested in the foreground. The towers of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Verdun can be seen towards the right. For other representations of Verdun in this sketchbook see Tate D28212–D28215; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 24–25a.
Technical notes:
There is some creasing of the paper towards the bottom of the page.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Verdun from the Meuse about a Mile to its North 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-verdun-from-the-meuse-about-a-mile-to-its-north-r1150488, accessed 26 April 2024.