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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > Loire, Tours, Orleans and Paris ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris 1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Verso:
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris 1826
D23263
Turner Bequest CCXLIX 9a
Pencil on white laid paper, 103 x 153 mm
Partial watermark of bunch of grapes
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘N Dame’ towards top right, ‘Hotel Dieu’ right centre, ‘Old’ bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘1385’ bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘134’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with a drawing of the highly-ornamented western façade of the Catherdral of Notre Dame in Paris. As outlined in the sketchbook introduction, the sights of the French capital feature extensively in this volume.

John Chu
May 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2015, 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-cathedral-of-notre-dame-paris-r1185100, accessed 20 May 2024.