'A Large Building by a River or Lake with Steps Leading down to the Water', Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin

Artwork details

Artists

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Thomas Girtin (1775‑1802)

Title

A Large Building by a River or Lake with Steps Leading down to the Water

From Album of Copies of Italian Views for Dr Thomas Monro

Date c.1794-8

MediumInk wash and watercolour on paper

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D36446

Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 33

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Album of Copies of Italian Views for Dr Thomas Monro

Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Thomas Girtin 1775–1802

Folio 33 Recto:

A Large Building by a River or Lake with Steps Leading down to the Water c.1794–8

D36446
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 33

Pencil and grey and blue wash on white wove paper, 181 x 274 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 363 x 495 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘33’ on mount, top right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIII – 33’ on mount, bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856