J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Trévoux on the River Saône 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trévoux on the River Saône’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Trévoux on the River Saône 1819
D14053
Turner Bequest CLXXIII 40
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 185 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIII 40’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This careful and assured drawing depicts the town of Trévoux, located on the River Saône approximately fifteen miles north of Lyon. Turner’s viewpoint is from the left bank of the river with the quayside and the town above, including just left of centre, the old church of Saint-Symphorien, rebuilt at the end of the nineteenth century. In the foreground of the sketch the artist has included a group of three women who appear to be washing clothes.
Turner first visited Trévoux in 1802 and a related sketch can be found in the France, Savoy, Piedmont sketchbook (Tate D04426; Turner Bequest LXXIII 34). His return there in 1819 resulted in more detailed studies, see folios 39 and 41 (D14052 and D14054).
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Nicola Moorby
March 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Trévoux on the River Saône 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-trevoux-on-the-river-saone-r1142911, accessed 23 April 2024.