'?Kingston Church', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

?Kingston Church

From Studies for Pictures: Isleworth Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XC

Date 1805

MediumPen and ink on paper

Dimensionssupport: 150 x 258 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D05554

Turner Bequest XC 41

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 41 Recto:

?Kingston Church 1805

D05554
Turner Bequest XC 41

Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘41’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XC 41’ bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Hill compares this view with one a double-page spread in the contemporary Wey, Guildford sketchbook (Tate D06202–D06203; Turner Bequest XCVIII 16a–17), which he describes as ‘possibly Kingston’.

David Blayney Brown
August 2007

Read this catalogue entry in full

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