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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Buildings c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Buildings’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Verso:
?Buildings c.1835–40
D27393
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 14a
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘6’ centre and with various indecipherable notes
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slightness of this study, perhaps depicting part of a building, is typical of much of this sketchbook’s contents. For more information, see the sketchbook Introduction.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘?Buildings c.1835–40 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-buildings-r1181532, accessed 17 July 2024.