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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bishop's House, Elgin 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bishop's House, Elgin’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 133 Recto:
Bishop’s House, Elgin 1831
D27205
Turner Bequest CCLXXVII 133
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 104 x 163 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘133’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXVII 133’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch is of the Precentor’s Manse, often known as the Bishop’s House, in the precinct of Elgin Cathedral. The view is from the entrance to Elgin Cathedral to the east of the Manse. There is a sketch of the other side of the house on folio 132 verso (D27204), and it is also seen in a sketch on folio 24 verso (D27080). For references to all of Turner’s sketches of Elgin, see folio 139 (D27215).

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Bishop’s House, Elgin 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-bishops-house-elgin-r1135571, accessed 24 April 2024.