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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Wells: The Chain Gate 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Wells: The Chain Gate’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
Wells: The Chain Gate 1795
D00464
Turner Bequest XXV 3
Pencil on white wove paper, 130 x 205 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘3’ top right and ‘295’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXV 3’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The Chain Gate, built by Thomas Bekynton, Bishop of Wells, in the middle of the fifteenth century, forms a bridge that links the Chapter House of the Cathedral at Wells with the College Hall on the other side of Cathedral Green.
Technical notes:
Part of John Ruskin’s inscription on his wrapper for the sketchbook, recorded by Finberg, read ‘5 leaves taken out which were burnt at the edge’;1 this refers to folios 1 recto–5 recto (D00462–D00466).
1
Finberg 1909, I, p.43; see also p.44.
Verso:
Blank, except for an indigo-grey colour trial; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Wells: The Chain Gate 1795 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-wells-the-chain-gate-r1140783, accessed 21 November 2024.