'Lichfield Cathedral from the South-West', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Lichfield Cathedral from the South-West

From Drawings Made on the Midland Tour

Date 1794

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 233 x 279 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00365

Turner Bequest XXII L

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Lichfield Cathedral from the South-West 1794

D00365
Turner Bequest XXII L

Pencil on white wove paper, 217 x 279 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXII – L’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Exhibition history

References

Turner referred to this drawing when, in the early 1830s, he made a watercolour view of Lichfield for the Picturesque Views in England and Wales (private collection);1 it was never engraved. Other studies of Lichfield Cathedral in the 1794 series are Tate D00363 and D00366 (Turner Bequest XXII J, M).

Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.403 no.882, reproduced.

Technical notes:

There are pink and blue colour smears at the centre right.

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.