'A Church and Churchyard near a River or Lake, with an Extensive Landscape Beyond', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Church and Churchyard near a River or Lake, with an Extensive Landscape Beyond

From Welsh, Isle of Wight and Other Subjects

Date ?1796-7

MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 336 x 219 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D00671

Turner Bequest XXVII J

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

A Church and Churchyard near a River or Lake, with an Extensive Landscape Beyond ?1796–7

D00671
Turner Bequest XXVII J

Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 336 x 219 mm
Watermark ‘E & P’
Stamped in black ‘XXVII J’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

J.P. Heseltine suggested 1 that this is a view at Gadshill, Kent. Compare the view of Great Malvern Churchyard (Newport Museum and Art Gallery)2 and a small card of a similar subject in a private collection.

1

MS note in Finberg’s copy of Finberg 1909, Tate catalogue files.

2

Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.325 no.233.

Verso:

Blank; not stamped.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Gifts and bequests

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