'Two Sketches of the Church and Other Buildings at Stratford-upon-Avon', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Two Sketches of the Church and Other Buildings at Stratford-upon-Avon

From Val d'Aosta Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCXCIII

Date 1833

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 190 x 113 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D29186

Turner Bequest CCXCIII 79

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 79 Recto:

Two Sketches of the Church and Other Buildings at Stratford-upon-Avon 1833

D29186
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 79

Pencil on white wove paper, 190 x 113 mm
Inscribed illegibly by Turner in pencil
Inscribed, possibly by John Ruskin, in blue ink ‘79’ top left, running vertically, and ‘320’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in brown ‘CCXCIII 79’ top right, running vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

See Introduction to the sketchbook for the presence of a small run of sketches at Stratford-upon-Avon dating from 1833. This page contains two, drawn with the page upright, working down the page from the outer edge:

i. Street and church tower at Stratford, the same as noted on the verso (D29187; Turner Bequest CCXCIII 79a).
ii. Detail of church and porch at Stratford.

David Hill
June 2010

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, February 2014.