'Base of the Vendôme Column', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Base of the Vendôme Column

From Paris and Environs Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCLVII

Date 1832

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 175 x 127 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D24472

Turner Bequest CCLVII 155 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

France

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1830s

Paris and Environs Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest