In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- 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
Display caption
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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