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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Designs for Roof Lights in a Picture Gallery c.1818-22

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Designs for Roof Lights in a Picture Gallery’ c.1818-22
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Verso:
Designs for Roof Lights in a Picture Gallery circa 1818–22
D07047
Turner Bequest CV 44a
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘G’ and ‘Glass’ above and within the plans and ‘3’, ‘4’ and ‘9’ against section of roof construction at right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. Three alternatives are shown, with the construction of the joists and the glazing. On the recto ( D07047; Turner Bequest CV 44) are views of two of these as seen from inside the gallery. These plans are to be associated with Turner’s plans for his own gallery, along with other drawings and diagrams in the sketchbook; see Introduction for Turner’s new gallery behind his house in Queen Anne Street West, opened in 1822.

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Designs for Roof Lights in a Picture Gallery c.1818–22 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, 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-designs-for-roof-lights-in-a-picture-gallery-r1134571, accessed 16 April 2024.