'Ground Plan of Wollaton Hall', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Ground Plan of Wollaton Hall

From Matlock Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XIX

Date 1794

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 111 x 181 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00249

Turner Bequest XIX 36

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 36 Recto:

Ground Plan of Wollaton Hall 1794

D00249
Turner Bequest XIX 36

Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘36’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XIX 36’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The square plan with corner towers and central courtyard, with flights of steps, is evidently that of Wollaton; Turner drew it in two views, folios 34 verso and 35 verso (D00246, D00247) and there may have been a third on the page torn out preceding this one (see the technical notes in the sketchbook’s introduction).

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.