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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Part of Glasgow Cathedral: The East End from the South 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Part of Glasgow Cathedral: The East End from the South’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Verso:
Part of Glasgow Cathedral: The East End from the South 1801
D02957
Turner Bequest LVI 23a
Pencil on white wove paper, 184 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘C Wi | 17’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is continued on folio 24 recto opposite (D02958). Not having been the seat of a bishop since 1690, the building is technically the Presbyterian Church of St Mungo, who founded Glasgow in the late sixth century, or in an alternative dedication, of St Kentigern, though it is still widely known as Glasgow Cathedral. Another view of it is on folios 24 verso–25 recto (D02959–D02960).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Part of Glasgow Cathedral: The East End from the South 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-part-of-glasgow-cathedral-the-east-end-from-the-south-r1179150, accessed 30 June 2024.