J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Greenwich Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Details of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich c.1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Details of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich’ c.1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Verso:
Details of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich circa 1808
D06771
Turner Bequest CII 26a
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This leaf has three sketches, at the top, continuing on folio 27 (D06772), the roof, chimneys and one of the cupolas of the Royal Hospital, at centre probably the south-east corner of the eastern block and below, unidentified buildings.

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Details of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich c.1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2007, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-details-of-the-royal-hospital-greenwich-r1130864, accessed 19 April 2024.