after Joseph Mallord William Turner

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published 1834

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Artist
After Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Medium
Intaglio print on paper
Dimensions
None
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Transferred from the Library 1989
Reference
T05594

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Turner's views of French rivers were published as three volumes of engravings during the 1830s. The earliest edition focused on the Loire, and the two later ones on the Seine. The popular writer, Leitch Ritchie, who specialised in travel and romance, provided accompanying text.

Turner planned further volumes on European rivers, such as the Danube and the Rhine. However, the project ended after 1835, largely because the market was flooded with travel books (including others by Turner). Nonetheless, Turner's designs were extremely popular. Rival publishers, in England and France, even produced pirated versions of a number of Loire images.

Gallery label, September 2004

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