Joseph Mallord William Turner

Three Distant Views of Verdun

1824

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Rivers Meuse and Moselle Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 78 × 118 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D19696
Turner Bequest CCXVI 74

Catalogue entry

These cursory sketches show the city of Verdun in profile. The view closest to the gutter of the book appears to depict Verdun’s fortress and the remaining views depict the twin towers of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame at a distance. For further sketches see Tate D19691, D19694–D19695, D19697–D19698; Turner Bequest CCXVI 71a, 73–73a, 74a–75.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2014

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