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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > France, Savoy, Piedmont Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Autun, with the Roman Porte d'Arroux 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Autun, with the Roman Porte d'Arroux’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Recto:
Autun, with the Roman Porte d’Arroux 1802
D04414
Turner Bequest LXXIII 22
Pencil, lightly touched with white chalk on grey-buff laid paper, 138 x 215 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Autun’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXIII 22’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Autun and the Porte d’Arroux, see folio 20 in this sketchbook (D04412). This is a more detailed drawing of the Roman gate.
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David Blayney Brown
June 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Autun, with the Roman Porte d’Arroux 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2004, 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-autun-with-the-roman-porte-darroux-r1133041, accessed 21 November 2024.