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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839 > Givet, Mézières, Verdun, Metz, Luxemburg ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Houses by the Meuse and Tour Grégoire, Givet 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Houses by the Meuse and Tour Grégoire, Givet’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
Houses by the Meuse and Tour Grégoire, Givet 1839
D28175
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 5
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 101 x 168 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXXVIII–5’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In this rough sketch, Turner depicts a group of houses near the banks of the Meuse neighbouring the Tour Grégoire at Givet. Trees and foliage are suggested in loose scalloped line. A little of the fortress of Charlemont can be seen atop the heights in the background. For other sketches of Givet in this book see Tate D28170–D28174, D28176–D28185, D28187; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 2a–4a, 5a–10, 11.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Houses by the Meuse and Tour Grégoire, Givet 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-houses-by-the-meuse-and-tour-gregoire-givet-r1150452, accessed 24 April 2024.