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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures on the Organ Screen of York Minster ?1797

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures on the Organ Screen of York Minster’ ?1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Figures on the Organ Screen of York Minster ?1797
D02372
Turner Bequest LI E
Pencil on white laid card, 64 x 94 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘Li.E’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LI – E’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See also the architectural detail of the screen on Tate D02373 (Turner Bequest LI F).
Technical notes:
The laid card on which this and D02373 are made is similar to that used by Turner for his small ‘almanack’ compositions; see Tate D00707, D00709, D36630 (Turner Bequest XXIX B, D, CCCLXXIX 5). In this case the shape is slightly irregular.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Figures on the Organ Screen of York Minster ?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-figures-on-the-organ-screen-of-york-minster-r1150297, accessed 18 January 2025.