Joseph Mallord William Turner

Angers, North West France

1826

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Nantes, Angers and Saumur Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 110 × 170 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D23209
Turner Bequest CCXLVIII 30 a

Catalogue entry

With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with views of the medieval city of Angers, located on the River Maine close to its confluence with the Loire. Most of the page is taken up with a study of the riverfront dominated by the castle. The small drawing in the upper right-hand quadrant of the page has been identified as a depiction of the riverside area of the city known as La Doutre. 1 Turner made extensive study of Angers in this volume. A list of his drawings of the city is provided in the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
April 2015

1
Ian Warrell, Turner on the Loire, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1997, p. 235.

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