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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Details of Gothic Fan-Vaulting and Spandrels at Eton or Windsor c.1816-19

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Recto:
Details of Gothic Fan-Vaulting and Spandrels at Eton or Windsor circa 1816–19
D10410
Turner Bequest CXL 1
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘1’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CXL 1’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These sketches show part of fan-vaulted roof, probably at Eton College Chapel or St George’s Chapel, Windsor; see also the verso (D10411) and inside front flyleaf (D40868).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Details of Gothic Fan-Vaulting and Spandrels at Eton or Windsor c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, 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-details-of-gothic-fan-vaulting-and-spandrels-at-eton-or-r1131393, accessed 22 November 2024.