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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North of England 1797-1801 > Tweed and Lakes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner York Minster, Looking East towards the Crossing and Organ Screen, from the Nave 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘York Minster, Looking East towards the Crossing and Organ Screen, from the Nave’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 91 Recto:
York Minster, Looking East towards the Crossing and Organ Screen, from the Nave 1797
D01077
Turner Bequest XXXV 75
Pencil on white wove paper, 370 x 274 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 75’ bottom right
This is one of a sequence of five drawings that record the interior of York Minster: one is in the contemporary North of England sketchbook (Tate D00975; Turner Bequest XXXIV 66), the other three are on folios 89 recto, 90 recto and 92 recto (D01075, D01076, D01078; Turner Bequest XXXV 73, 74, 76) in this book.
The drawing is continued on a little way onto folio 90 verso opposite (D40552).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed in pencil ‘141.75’ and ‘XXXV, 75’.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘York Minster, Looking East towards the Crossing and Organ Screen, from the Nave 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, 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-looking-east-towards-the-crossing-and-organ-r1150256, accessed 18 January 2025.