'Perspective Study of a Tuscan Column', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Perspective Study of a Tuscan Column

From V. Miscellaneous Preparatory Perspective Material

Date c.1810

MediumPen and ink and graphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 540 x 380 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D17061

Turner Bequest CXCV 91

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Perspective Study of a Tuscan Column circa 1810

D17061
Turner Bequest CXCV 91

Pencil, pen and ink on white laid paper, 540 x 380 mm
Watermarked ‘J WHATMAN’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘91’ bottom left

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Turner traced this preparatory drawing of a Tuscan column in perspective to make the guiding outlines of Diagrams 40 and 41 (Tate D17059, D17060; Turner Bequest 89, 90) for his lectures as Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy. A tracing from the drawing (D40003) on the back of the unrelated Diagram 36 (Tate D17052; Turner Bequest CXCV 82) has been obscured by a mount.

Technical notes:

Peter Bower states that the sheet is Imperial Laid size paper made by James Whatman the younger at Turkey Mill, Maidstone, Kent.1

Notes in Tate catalogue files.

Verso:

See Tate D40004.

Andrea Fredericksen
June 2004

Supported by The Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Revised by David Blayney Brown
January 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.