Joseph Mallord William Turner

Three Meuse Views from Mid-Stream

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
D19610
Turner Bequest CCXVI 30

Catalogue entry

These three views show the Meuse from mid-stream, most likely near the villages of Flémalle and Chokier (Tate D19611; Turner Bequest CCXVI 30a). Rocky outcrops and steep fertile hillsides characterise this stretch of the valley. Buildings designed in the typical Mosan renaissance style overlook the river, surrounded by lush vegetation and grazing ‘sheep’.

Alice Rylance-Watson
March 2014

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