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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Chester Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Chester from the North-East 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Chester from the North-East’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 36 Recto:
?Chester from the North–East 1801
D05113
Turner Bequest LXXXII 36
Pencil on white wove paper, 161 x 256 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘X’ at centre, on gable
Inscribed in pencil ‘33’ bottom right, descending vertically
Blind–stamped with Turner Bequest monogram below right of centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘36’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXII – 36’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. For the possible subject, see under folio 34 recto (D05111). The author John Rowlands has doubted that this drawing shows Chester;1 the Turner scholar C.F. Bell denied the identification,2 and Finberg noted and seemed to corroborate this opinion.3
1
Personal communication.
2
Undated MS note by C.F. Bell (died 1966) in a copy of Finberg 1909, Tate Britain Prints and Drawings Room, I, p.220.
3
Undated MS note by Finberg (died 1939) in another copy of Finberg 1909, Tate Britain Prints and Drawings Room, I, p.220.
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Chester from the North–East 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-chester-from-the-north-east-r1178682, accessed 30 June 2024.