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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Bruges or Ghent 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of Bruges or Ghent’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Verso:
Sketches of Bruges or Ghent 1833
D29618
Turner Bequest CCXCVI 11 a
Pencil on cream wove paper, 185 x 133 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘79’ bottom left (inversely)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These sketches show typically Flemish buildings at Bruges or Ghent. The upper view appears to overlook a canal.

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2017

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Sketches of Bruges or Ghent 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sketches-of-bruges-or-ghent-r1202916, accessed 22 July 2024.