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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Géronstère Spring, Spa 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Géronstère Spring, Spa’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Verso:
The Géronstère Spring, Spa 1839
D28081
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 20 a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 94 x 154 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rough sketch is similar to two others depicting the Géronstère spring at Spa, Belgium (Tate D28077, D28079; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 18 a, 19 a). Turner here has very loosely mapped out the basic configuration of the landscape: the hillside and tall trees which canopy a building at the site. The artist produced a gouache, pen and ink and watercolour drawing of the spring on blue paper (Tate D24745; Turner Bequest CCLIX 180).

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘The Géronstère Spring, Spa 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-geronstere-spring-spa-r1150355, accessed 26 April 2024.