Joseph Mallord William Turner

Saint-Cloud, Île de France

c.1826

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Loose Studies of Northern France
Medium
Chalk and graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 279 × 190 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D20483
Turner Bequest CCXXIV 177

Catalogue entry

The date and occasion of this slight pencil sketch of the riverbank at Saint-Cloud are not known. However, Turner specialist Ian Warrell has speculated that it may record an otherwise undocumented expedition from nearby Paris during the 1826 tour.1 See the Introduction to this section for a list of comparable studies of this site.
1
Ian Warrell, Turner on the Seine, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1999, p.28.
Technical Notes:
The sheet is attached to D20485 (Turner Bequest CCXXIV 178) along the bottom edge, from which it is divided by a horizontal crease.
Verso:
See entry for Tate D20484 (Turner Bequest CCXXIV 177 v).

John Chu
March 2016

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