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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Marché de Blé, Abbeville 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Marché de Blé, Abbeville’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Marché de Blé, Abbeville 1824
D19943
Turner Bequest CCXVI 196 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 118 x 78 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Marche de Ble’ left centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These swiftly wrought sketches show the city of Abbeville, and its ‘Marché de Blé’ or corn market. Part of the profile of Saint-Vulfran Church can be seen in the background of both drawings. Finberg notes that this sketch may have been connected to Turner’s illustration of Abbeville for Scott’s Prose Works (see Tate impression T04763).
For other views of Abbeville see Tate D18582, D19929–D19933, D19937, D19945–D19948, D20116–D20117; Turner Bequest CCXI 37a, CCXVI 189a–191a, 193a, 197a–199, CCXVII 22–23.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Marché de Blé, Abbeville 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-marche-de-ble-abbeville-r1174739, accessed 25 April 2024.