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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner York Minster: The West Aisle of the South Transept Seen from the Nave 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘York Minster: The West Aisle of the South Transept Seen from the Nave’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 70 Recto:
York Minster: The West Aisle of the South Transept Seen from the Nave 1797
D00975
Turner Bequest XXXIV 66
Pencil on white wove paper, 270 x 210 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘66’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXIV 66’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
York Minster is one of the most impressive of English Gothic cathedrals, its period of building encompassing all the stylistic developments from the mid-thirteenth to the late fifteenth centuries. This is one of five studies that Turner made from carefully selected viewpoints of the interior of the Minster; the other four are all in the contemporary Tweed and Lakes sketchbook (Tate D01075–D01078; Turner Bequest XXXV 73–76).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘York Minster: The West Aisle of the South Transept Seen from the Nave 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-york-minster-the-west-aisle-of-the-south-transept-seen-from-r1150131, accessed 18 January 2025.