'Plans and Sections of a Picture Gallery, with Roof Lights', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Plans and Sections of a Picture Gallery, with Roof Lights

From Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CV

Date c.1818-22

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 108 x 185 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D07045

Turner Bequest CV 43 a

View this artwork by appointment, at Tate Britain's Prints and Drawings Rooms

Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 47 Verso:

Plans and Sections of a Picture Gallery, with Roof Lights circa 1818–22

D07045
Turner Bequest CV 43a

Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘3 3’, ‘2 6’ and ‘48’ against plans

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Exhibition history

References

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. These plans are to be associated with Turner’s plans for his own gallery, along with other drawings and diagrams in the sketchbook; see Introduction for Turner’s new gallery behind his house in Queen Anne Street West, opened in 1822.

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

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.