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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lichfield Cathedral from the South-West: The West Spires 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lichfield Cathedral from the South-West: The West Spires’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Recto:
Lichfield Cathedral from the South-West: The West Spires 1794
D00259
Turner Bequest XIX 43
Pencil and wash on white wove paper, 181 x 111 mm
Stamped in black ‘XIX 43’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sheet was previously bound between folios 38 and 39 recto (D00253, D00254). Turner made three further drawings of Lichfield on loose sheets (Tate D00363, D00365, D00366; Turner Bequest XXII J, L, M), and a finished watercolour based on the last of these is in a private collection (W 80).1
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Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, pp.309–10 no.80, reproduced.
Technical notes:
The grey and ochre washes are discoloured.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram centre; inscribed in pencil ‘[?146D]’ bottom left, ascending vertically; inscribed in pencil ‘XIX.43’ top centre, upside down.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Lichfield Cathedral from the South-West: The West Spires 1794 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-lichfield-cathedral-from-the-south-west-the-west-spires-r1140777, accessed 27 September 2024.