Joseph Mallord William Turner

River Erdre, Nantes

c.1828

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Loose Studies of Northern France
Medium
Pen and ink, watercolour and gouache on paper
Dimensions
Support: 130 × 185 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D24581
Turner Bequest CCLIX 16

Catalogue entry

This view of buildings crowding northward along the banks of the River Erdre as it flows through Nantes is one of several depictions of the city in gouache and watercolour on blue paper which Turner worked up after his 1826 tour, apparently in a single painting session.1 See the Introduction to this section for a list of comparable studies of the city.
1
Ian Warrell, Turner on the Loire, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1997, p.238.
Technical Notes:
The sheet belongs to a batch of heavy blue paper used by Turner made by George Steart of Bally, Ellen and Steart at De Montault Mill, Coombe Down, Bath.1
1
Ibid. p.238.
Verso:
Inscribed in pencil with the note ‘110’ in the centre of the sheet. Stamped in black with the Turner Bequest monogram and with ‘CCLIX – 16’ in the centre of the sheet.

John Chu
March 2016

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