'Southwell Minster: The Western Gate', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Southwell Minster: The Western Gate

From Matlock Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XIX

Date 1794

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 111 x 181 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00238

Turner Bequest XIX 29

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 29 Recto:

Southwell Minster: The Western Gate 1794

D00238
Turner Bequest XIX 29

Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Southwell’ bottom left (now faint)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘29’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XIX 29’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The Western Gate at Southwell was erected in the fifteenth century. Only one other drawing of Southwell by Turner is known; it is on folio 33 verso (D00244).

Verso:

Blank; stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left.

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.