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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Saumur, Loire Valley c.1828

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Saumur, Loire Valley’ c.1828
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Saumur, Loire Valley c.1828
D24710
Turner Bequest CCLIX 145
Watercolour, gouache and ink on blue paper, 130 x 190 mm
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLIX – 145’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This depiction of the old bridge and château of Saumur as seen from the westis one of several colour studies of this town which Turner worked up from his 1826 tour of the Loire Valley. It was used as the basis for an illustration published in the popular Keepsake annual of 1831; see Tate impression T05107.1 See the Introduction to this section for a list of comparable studies of the town.
1
Ian Warrell, Turner on the Loire, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1997, p.184.
Technical Notes:
The sheet belongs to a batch of blue paper with red fibres used by Turner made by George Steart of Bally, Ellen and Steart at De Montault Mill, Coombe Down, Bath. Another sheet from the batch bears a watermark dated 1828. 1
1
Ibid. p.238.
Verso:
See entry for Tate D24710 (Turner Bequest CCLIX 145).

John Chu
March 2016

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Saumur, Loire Valley c.1828 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-saumur-loire-valley-r1185530, accessed 25 April 2024.