Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Château d’Eu and the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame and Saint-Laurent, from the West

1845

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 86 × 111 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D35549
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 35

Catalogue entry

Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this slight view appears to show Louis-Philippe’s château at Eu, looking east to the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame and Saint-Laurent along the Allé du Cheval. The subject was tentatively proposed by Finberg and confirmed by Ian Warrell.1 A different aspect of the church is shown on folio 34 verso opposite (D35548); see under folio 21 verso (D35540) for other views.
1
See Finberg 1909, II, p.1172, and Warrell 1995, p.40.
Technical notes:
There is some brown staining at the gutter, possibly indicating water damage in the 1928 Tate flood.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

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