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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Meuse Views from Mid-Stream 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Meuse Views from Mid-Stream’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Recto:
Three Meuse Views from Mid-Stream 1824
D19610
Turner Bequest CCXVI 30
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Watermark ‘smith & [allnut] | 18[22]’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘12’ and ‘13’ top right; ‘Sheep’ bottom left, ‘Wood’ bottom centre towards right
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘30’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–30’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These three views show the Meuse from mid-stream, most likely near the villages of Flémalle and Chokier (Tate D19611; Turner Bequest CCXVI 30a). Rocky outcrops and steep fertile hillsides characterise this stretch of the valley. Buildings designed in the typical Mosan renaissance style overlook the river, surrounded by lush vegetation and grazing ‘sheep’.

Alice Rylance-Watson
March 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Three Meuse Views from Mid-Stream 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-three-meuse-views-from-mid-stream-r1174398, accessed 26 April 2024.