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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > River Seine ?1827-9 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Marly Aqueduct ?1827-9

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Marly Aqueduct’ ?1827-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Marly Aqueduct ?1827–9
D24886
Turner Bequest CCLX 50
Gouache, pen and ink and pencil on paper, 140 x 190 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCLX–50’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sheet is one of a series of sketches associated with a tour of the Seine with a proposed dating of 1827–9. The studies are characterised by the use of pen and ink on blue paper; for more information see the Introduction to this section.
The setting for this scene, enlivened by numerous figures and horses and cart in the foreground, is Marly on the Seine, with parts of the Marly Machine visible; the machine was built in 1684 to pump water from the Seine to the Palace of Versailles. For further information and a list of other studies of Marly catalogued within this section see D24837 (Turner Bequest CCLX 1).
As with other drawings in this grouping, Turner used a blue paper support as a mid-ground colour, with dark ink delineating the details of the scene and white gouache used for highlights.
Technical notes:
The discolouration seen on the recto of this sheet is the result of light exposure.
Verso:
This sheet has been laid down on heavy paper and it was not possible to examine the verso at the time of cataloguing.

Elizabeth Jacklin
October 2018

How to cite

Elizabeth Jacklin, ‘Marly Aqueduct ?1827–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2018, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2019, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-marly-aqueduct-r1195874, accessed 21 November 2024.