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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Roche-Corbon, near Tours c.1826-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Roche-Corbon, near Tours’ c.1826-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Roche-Corbon, near Tours c.1826–8
D24733
Turner Bequest CCLIX 168
Watercolour and gouache on faded blue paper, 145 x 197 mm
Blind stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLIX – 168’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This colour study of the last remnant of the medieval castle at Roche-Corbon, known as the lanterne, was worked up by Turner from his 1826 tour of the River Loire. It is based on pencil drawings in the Loire, Tours, Orleans and Paris sketchbook; see entry for Tate D23274 and D23275 (Turner Bequest CCXLIX 15, 15a).
Technical Notes:
The sheet belongs to a batch of lightweight blue paper used by Turner made by George Steart of Bally, Ellen and Steart at De Montault Mill, Coombe Down, Bath. 1
1
Ibid. p.238.
Verso:
The sheet is fully obscured by the mount on the verso.

John Chu
March 2016

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Roche-Corbon, near Tours c.1826–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-roche-corbon-near-tours-r1185536, accessed 23 April 2024.