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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Marine subjects c.1803-14 > Spithead Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Roofs, Guildford High Street 1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Roofs, Guildford High Street’ 1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Recto:
Roofs, Guildford High Street 1807
D06573
Turner Bequest C 48
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 118 x 187 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘48’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘C 48’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed or described by Finberg, these few pencil marks, drawn with the sketchbook inverted, extend the roofline of buildings in Guildford High Street drawn on folio 52 verso (D06572; Turner Bequest C 47a).

David Blayney Brown
May 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Roofs, Guildford High Street 1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2006, 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-roofs-guildford-high-street-r1139107, accessed 20 April 2024.