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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > Rouen Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Church of Saint-Maclou, Rouen 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Church of Saint-Maclou, Rouen’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
Church of Saint-Maclou, Rouen 1826
D24086
Turner Bequest CCLV 6
Pencil on white wove paper, 182 x 115 mm
Partial watermark ‘IVY MILL | 1816’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Joli | par | B’ towards top right, ‘m[...]n’ centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLV 6’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned vertically, Turner filled this page with a study of the Church of Saint-Maclou in Rouen. Also included are sketches of architectural details, surrounding buildings and figures in the local dress of Normandy.
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John Chu
July 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Church of Saint-Maclou, Rouen 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-church-of-saint-maclou-rouen-r1185378, accessed 24 November 2024.