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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Courtyard 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Courtyard’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
A Courtyard 1834
D26335
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 40
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘40’ top right and ‘340’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIX 40’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch, described by Finberg as ‘a courtyard’,1 depicts an arcade projecting from a building. Further buildings can be seen through the left-most arch and Turner has included a seated figure at the far left of the sketch. The buildings have not been identified, though it is likely that the sketch was made in Edinburgh where Turner made sketches of other buildings in this sketchbook.

Thomas Ardill
February 2011

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Finberg 1909, II, p.865.

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘A Courtyard 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-a-courtyard-r1136265, accessed 27 April 2024.