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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Givet and Fort Charlemont 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Givet and Fort Charlemont’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 60 Recto:
Givet and Fort Charlemont 1824
D19669
Turner Bequest CCXVI 60
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Watermark ‘smith & [allnut] | 18[22]’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[?Laup]’, top right (in accordance with the foliation)
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘60’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–60’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner has recorded aspects of Givet in the Ardennes department of northern France. With the book turned horizontally, the largest sketch shows the Tour Victoire, Church of Saint-Hilaire and the citadel in the distance. Two curved lines in the foreground roughly suggest the form of moored boats at a quay. The sketch parallel to the gutter of the book also incorporates the Tower of Victory, Church of Saint-Hilaire as well as the Pont de Meuse. With the sketchbook orientated in accordance with the foliation, a cursory jotting of Givet and Pont de Meuse can be seen.

Alice Rylance-Watson
March 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Givet and Fort Charlemont 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-givet-and-fort-charlemont-r1174457, accessed 09 February 2025.