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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Roof and Chimneys of a House 1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Roof and Chimneys of a House’ 1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Verso:
The Roof and Chimneys of a House 1806–10
D40800
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 201 x 128 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed or numbered by Finberg, this sketch might show a detail of a building by the River Ouse in Lewes, perhaps also seen on folios 36 or 37 of the sketchbook (D05653, D05654).
For Lewes in this sketchbook see note to folio 31 (D05648).

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Roof and Chimneys of a House 1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, 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-the-roof-and-chimneys-of-a-house-r1130963, accessed 14 May 2024.