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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Canterbury: The West Gate, from the River Stour 1792

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Canterbury: The West Gate, from the River Stour’ 1792
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Canterbury: The West Gate, from the River Stour 1792
D00161
Turner Bequest XV E
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 215 x 275 mm
Stamped in black ‘XV E’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The Church of the Holy Cross is at the right, behind the West Gate; the River Stour is in the foreground. Another view of the West Gate, dating from slightly later, is in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.1
1
Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.307 no.56, reproduced.
Technical notes:
The sheet is creased vertically near the centre.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed in a modern hand ‘12’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Canterbury: The West Gate, from the River Stour 1792 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-canterbury-the-west-gate-from-the-river-stour-r1140287, accessed 21 November 2024.