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 > Rouen Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rouen, Normandy 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rouen, Normandy’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Rouen, Normandy 1826
D24105
Turner Bequest CCLV 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 115 x 182 mm
Partial watermark ‘IVY MILL | 1816’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil Figure making Hay’ centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘16’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLV 16’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, these sketches depict distant views of Rouen as seen from the high ground to the north of the city. The upper drawing continues onto folio 15 verso (D24104; Turner Bequest CCLV 15a). Rouen is the main subject of the drawings in this volume.
Technical Notes:
The page is slightly torn on the right-hand edge towards the top corner.
Verso:
Blank; light brown and grey marks across the sheet.

John Chu
July 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Rouen, Normandy 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-rouen-normandy-r1185397, accessed 20 May 2024.