'The Old Admiralty Building and its Screen, Whitehall, London', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

The Old Admiralty Building and its Screen, Whitehall, London

From Windmill and Lock Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXIV

Date c.1808-11

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 87 x 117 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D08029

Turner Bequest CXIV 53 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 53 Verso:

The Old Admiralty Building and its Screen, Whitehall, London circa 1808–11

D08029
Turner Bequest CXIV 53a

Pencil on white wove paper, 87 x 117 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This very rough drawing shows the southern half of the façade of the Old Admiralty behind its screen on Whitehall, London. The sketch continues with the northern half in more detail on folio 54 recto opposite (D08030), under which the subject is discussed.

Matthew Imms
January 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.

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Context

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Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Windmill and Lock Sketchbook

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Gifts and bequests

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