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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Saint-Cloud, Île de France c.1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Saint-Cloud, Île de France’ c.1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Saint-Cloud, Île de France c.1826
D25056
Turner Bequest CCLXI 84
Pencil on blue paper, 138 x 191 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘84’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXI – 84’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The date and occasion of this slight pencil sketch of the riverbank at Saint-Cloud are not known. However, Turner specialist Ian Warrell has speculated that it may record an otherwise undocumented expedition from nearby Paris during the 1826 tour.1 See the Introduction to this section for a list of comparable studies of this site.
1
Ian Warrell, Turner on the Seine, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1999, p.28.
Technical Notes:
There is a small spot of white paint towards the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet.
Verso:
Inscribed in pencil with the notes ‘D25056’ and ‘232 | o’ in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet.

John Chu
March 2016

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Saint-Cloud, Île de France c.1826 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-saint-cloud-le-de-france-r1185627, accessed 24 September 2024.