'Part of Petworth Church, Sussex, Seen from the North-West', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Part of Petworth Church, Sussex, Seen from the North-West

From Watercolours of Oxford and the Home Counties

Date 1792

MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 272 x 213 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00379

Turner Bequest XXIII E

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Part of Petworth Church, Sussex, Seen from the North-West 1792

D00379
Turner Bequest XXIII E

Pencil and wash on white wove paper, 272 x 213 mm
Watermark ‘J WHATMAN’
Stamped in black ‘XXIII E’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Exhibition history

References

The identification is due to Ian Warrell. The distinctive use here of blocks of blue wash to ‘enact’ the construction of the masonry is to be found also in the view of a church tower (Tate D00185; Turner Bequest XVII J).

Verso:

Washed with a grey tone; stained; inscribed in a modern hand ‘116’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

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.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Southern England

Sussex

Sussex, West

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest