'London: York House Water-Gate, Westminster, with York Buildings Waterworks', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

London: York House Water-Gate, Westminster, with York Buildings Waterworks

From The Thames in or near London

Date 1794-5

MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 298 x 419 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00684

Turner Bequest XXVII W

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

London: York House Water-Gate, Westminster, with York Buildings Waterworks 1794–5

D00684
Turner Bequest XXVII W

Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 298 x 419 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXVII W’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Exhibition history

References

This sheet is a remarkable document of Turner’s technical advance in the year 1794. The background houses are seen through an urban vapour very subtly rendered. The hugger-mugger combination of classical architecture, vernacular building and the multifarious life of wharf and riverside is a characteristic Turnerian theme; see Tate D00171 and D00373 (Turner Bequest XVI I, XXII T). For another London view exhibiting new technical facility see Tate D00696 (Turner Bequest XXVIII K).

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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.