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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Eton College and Chapel; Trees c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Eton College and Chapel; Trees’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
Eton College and Chapel; Trees circa 1816–19
D10438
Turner Bequest CXL 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 155 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘15’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXL 15’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing on the lower half of the leaf is the same view as on folio 14 verso of the sketchbook (D10437; see catalogue note) from slightly further away. For another drawing of Eton, also misidentified by Finberg as St George’s Chapel, Windsor, see folio 11 (D10430). The trees on the upper part of the leaf are probably the same as those on the right of Eton Chapel.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Eton College and Chapel; Trees c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-eton-college-and-chapel-trees-r1131421, accessed 20 September 2024.