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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Colonnaded Screen of Carlton House, London c.1808-11

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Colonnaded Screen of Carlton House, London’ c.1808-11
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Recto:
The Colonnaded Screen of Carlton House, London circa 1808–11
D08024
Turner Bequest CXIV 50
Pencil on white wove paper, 87 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘[?50]’ top left, upside down (smudged)
Stamped in black ‘CXIV – 50’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page shows the gateway at the east end of the screen in front of Carlton House, London; the screen is continued across folio 49 verso opposite (D08023), under which the subject is discussed. For the history of the building, see under folio 15 verso (D07983).

Matthew Imms
January 2012

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Colonnaded Screen of Carlton House, London c.1808–11 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2012, 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-colonnaded-screen-of-carlton-house-london-r1134803, accessed 25 April 2024.