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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Chemistry and Apuleia Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?A Terrace of Houses c.1813

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?A Terrace of Houses’ c.1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
?A Terrace of Houses c.1813
D09904
Turner Bequest CXXXV 9
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 113 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXV – 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This very loose sketch seems to show a view diagonally down towards one corner of a long, narrow building, comprising two storeys or a single main, articulated storey and a basement, with steps and arched doorways. There is the generalised sense of a terrace of Georgian houses, but is unclear whether the structure is observed or imaginary.
Technical notes:
There is a small, ringed spot of foxing at the top right, showing through from the verso (D09905), and some offsetting from the diagrammatic drawing on folio 8 verso opposite (D09903).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?A Terrace of Houses c.1813 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-terrace-of-houses-r1147859, accessed 22 November 2024.