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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris 1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris’ 1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Verso:
Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris 1832
D24180
Turner Bequest CCLVII 7a
Pencil on white laid paper, 175 x 127 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled much of this page with a study of the western façade of the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. A perspective view down the rue Saint-Sulpice is included on the left-hand side of the page. Despite the apparent interest which Turner has shown in the ornamentation of this edifice, the volume contains no further sketches on the subject.

John Chu
January 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris 1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-church-of-saint-sulpice-paris-r1175208, accessed 14 December 2024.