Manchester Art Gallery

The Bastille at Grenoble from the Village of La Tronche

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775 - 1851



The Bastille at Grenoble from the Village of La Tronche

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775 - 1851

Summary

A mountain village scene. There are figures at the lower foreground to left and right and shallow roofed buildings to each side of a narrow central roadway. In the background to the centre right is a rocky outcrop with a steep left face and buildings at the top.


Object Name

The Bastille at Grenoble from the Village of La Tronche

Creators Name

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Date Created

1836

Dimensions

support: 14cm x 19.3cm

accession number

1947.109

Collection Group

fine art
on paper, unique
British

Support

paper

Medium

watercolour
gouache
ink
chalk

Credit

George Beatson Blair bequest, 1941.


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