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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Wolverhampton: The Upper Part of the Tower of St Peter's Church 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Wolverhampton: The Upper Part of the Tower of St Peter's Church’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Recto:
Wolverhampton: The Upper Part of the Tower of St Peter’s Church 1794
D00230
Turner Bequest XIX 22
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘22’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XIX 22’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing is continued from folio 22 recto (D00229; Turner Bequest XIX 21). The upper stages of the tower of St Peter’s were rebuilt in 1475; its total height is 120 feet (37 metres).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Wolverhampton: The Upper Part of the Tower of St Peter’s Church 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-wolverhampton-the-upper-part-of-the-tower-of-st-peters-r1140750, accessed 21 November 2024.