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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Tour of Yorkshire 1816 > Yorkshire 1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of York Minster from the South-West 1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of York Minster from the South-West’ 1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
Distant View of York Minster from the South-West 1816
D10895
Turner Bequest CXLIV 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 154 x 97 mm
Very faint trace of an inscription in red ink, possibly by John Ruskin, bottom right, and another ‘2’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXLIV 2’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch records Turner’s first sight of York on this journey, from near Askham Bryan, approaching from the south west.

David Hill
January 2009

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Distant View of York Minster from the South-West 1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-distant-view-of-york-minster-from-the-south-west-r1144082, accessed 24 November 2024.