'Lincoln: The Cathedral Seen over Houses, from the South West', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Lincoln: The Cathedral Seen over Houses, from the South West

From Drawings Made on the Midland Tour

Date 1794

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 216 x 276 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00364

Turner Bequest XXII K

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Lincoln: The Cathedral Seen over Houses, from the South West 1794

D00364
Turner Bequest XXII K

Pencil on white wove paper, 216 x 276 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXII K’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Exhibition history

References

Turner exhibited a watercolour of Lincoln Cathedral seen from Exchequer Gate at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1795 (British Museum, London; Henderson collection, 1878–12–28–48),1 the composition of which is based on the study Tate D00342 (Turner Bequest XXI O). He no doubt also referred to the present drawing for many of the details of the building.

Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.313 no.124, pl.22 (colour).

Technical notes:

The sheet has been stained by previous contact with a wooden back board.

Verso:

Blank; inscribed in a later hand ‘178’.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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.