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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner An Octagonal Tower at the Corner of a Building c.1792-3

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘An Octagonal Tower at the Corner of a Building’ c.1792-3
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
An Octagonal Tower at the Corner of a Building c.1792–3
D00190
Turner Bequest XVII O
Pencil on white wove paper, 195 x 122 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘XVII O’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XVII O’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The dating of this slight study is uncertain. The tower may be the Summerhouse at Eyton, Shropshire, although the resemblance is presumably fortuitous.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘An Octagonal Tower at the Corner of a Building c.1792–3 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-an-octagonal-tower-at-the-corner-of-a-building-r1141329, accessed 21 November 2024.