'Plans for a Picture Gallery', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Plans for a Picture Gallery

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

D07050

Turner Bequest CV 46

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 50 Recto:

Plans for a Picture Gallery circa 1818–22

D07050
Turner Bequest CV 46

Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘18’ above centre between plans
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘46’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CV 46’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

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.

Verso:

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David Blayney Brown
June 2010

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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

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest