'Roofs, Guildford High Street', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Roofs, Guildford High Street

From Spithead Sketchbook

Turner Bequest C

Date 1807

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 118 x 187 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D06573

Turner Bequest C 48

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 53 Recto:

Roofs, Guildford High Street 1807

D06573
Turner Bequest C 48

Pencil on off-white wove paper, 118 x 187 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘48’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘C 48’ top left, inverted

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Not noticed or described by Finberg, these few pencil marks, drawn with the sketchbook inverted, extend the roofline of buildings in Guildford High Street drawn on folio 52 verso (D06572; Turner Bequest C 47a).

David Blayney Brown
May 2006

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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

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Spithead Sketchbook

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Gifts and bequests

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