In Tate Britain
- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 908 x 1213 mm
frame: 1284 x 1590 x 83 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- N04660
Display caption
JMW Turner 1775-1851
The Disembarkation of Louis-Philippe at Portsmouth, 8 October 1844 c.1844-5
Oil paint on canvas
Tate. Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
N04660
Turner visited Portsmouth to record the arrival of the French king, who was on a State Visit. He made numerous sketches of the event and also painted two unfinished oils: one showing the king’s arrival, the other his disembarkation. Both are principally concerned with the atmosphere of the occasion, concentrating on the crowd of onlookers. Turner had met Louis-Philippe when the king was living in exile at Twickenham in the 1810s. Contact between them was renewed in the mid-1830s and he was invited to dine with him at his château at Eu in 1845.
September 2014
Gallery label, August 2014
Does this text contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve or change? We would like to hear from you.
Catalogue entry
506. [N04660] Festive Lagoon Scene, Venice? c. 1845
THE TATE GALLERY, LONDON (4660)
Canvas, 35 3/4 × 47 3/4 (91 × 121)
Coll. Turner Bequest 1856; transferred to the Tate Gallery 1938.
Exh. New York 1966 (32, repr. in colour p. 35); Wildenstein's 1972 (57, repr.); R.A. 1974–5 (538).
Lit. Herrmann 1975, p. 47, colour pl. 147.
Similar to No. 505 [N02068]. This example is typical of a number of Turner's later works in the way in which the spectator is drawn into the picture between serried rows of staring faces, running the gauntlet, as it were, of the frenzied inhabitants of Turner's imaginative world. It was formerly called ‘After the Ball(?)’.
Published in:
Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984
Explore
- history(5,751)
- nature(46,200)
- natural phenomena(3,282)
- smoke(329)
- seascapes and coasts(8,307)
- weather(3,904)
- cloud(1,995)
- natural phenomena(3,282)
- people(35,247)
- places(41,793)
- UK countries and regions(24,920)
- England(19,656)
- England, South East(6,097)
- England, Southern(9,229)
- UK counties(20,114)
- Hampshire(273)
- UK cities, towns and villages(13,074)
- Portsmouth(79)
- UK countries and regions(24,920)
- society(34,891)
- transport: water(8,424)
- boat - non-specific(2,262)
- transport: water(8,424)
You might like
Joseph Mallord William Turner Peace - Burial at Sea
exhibited 1842
After Joseph Mallord William Turner Gosport, Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour
1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner Going to the Ball (San Martino)
exhibited 1846