
In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Gouache, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 141 × 192 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- D20280
Turner Bequest CCXXII U
Display caption
Before travelling up the Meuse, Turner made an excursion from Liège to Spa which took him past the ruined medieval castle of Franchimont, the stronghold of William de la Marck, the 'Wild Boar of the Ardennes', whose dire exploits are described in Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Quentin Durward'. Turner's five gouache studies, showing Franchimont from different stages of his journey, have stylistic and colouristic elements in common but each has its own special mood. In no.109 he suggests a pearly dawn with the castle just catching the first rosy light of morning; no.111 is bristling with Romantic energy; while nos.112-113 enjoy a lighter mood.
Gallery label, August 2004
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Franchimont from the South: Distant View
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Petit Andelys: The Church of St-Sauveur, with the Ruins of Château Gaillard Above
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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Church of Saints Hermes and Alexander, Theux, from the Liège-Spa Road, with the Castle of Franchimont Seen in the Distance
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Marché de Theux and the Castle of Franchimont from the Path to the Castle
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of Franchimont
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Franchimont from the Hillside; Marché de Theux and Franchimont
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