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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Southern Germany, Austria and Venice ... > Brussels up to Mannheim - Rhine ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Bruges 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Bruges’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
?Bruges 1833
D29613
Turner Bequest CCXCVI 9
Pencil on cream wove paper, 185 x 113 mm
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘9’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXCVI 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These sketches show Bruges or possibly Ghent. A medieval tower house is depicted in the street scene, next to what appears to be a chapel or church. The view at rear is taken from a distance.

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘?Bruges 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-bruges-r1202911, accessed 22 July 2024.