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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Meuse Valley near Mézières 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Meuse Valley near Mézières’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Verso
The Meuse Valley near Mézières 1839
D28190
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 12 a
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 101 x 168 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a rough and undeveloped sketch of the topography of the Meuse valley near Mézières. The sweeping meander of the river can be seen at the bottom right while a tower, possibly belonging to a local church, is nestled within the Ardennes hills at the left.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘The Meuse Valley near Mézières 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-the-meuse-valley-near-mezieres-r1150467, accessed 25 April 2024.