'Two Sketches including One of the Walls of Florence', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Two Sketches including One of the Walls of Florence

From Rome and Florence Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXCI

Date 1819

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 189 x 113 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D16582

Turner Bequest CXCI 58 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 58 Verso:

Two Sketches including One of the Walls of Florence 1819

D16582
Turner Bequest CXCI 58 a

Pencil on white wove paper, 189 x 113 mm

Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘F[?...] [?Luccano]’ top right and ‘Wall of Florence’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This page contains two distinct sketches. According to an inscription by Turner the sketch at the bottom of the sheet depicts part of the old city walls of Florence with a fortified tower. The subject of the upper drawing is currently unidentified although it appears to represent a study of a building.

Nicola Moorby
January 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.