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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Façade of a Palace, Rome 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Façade of a Palace, Rome’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 70 Recto:
?Façade of a Palace, Rome 1819
D16282
Turner Bequest CLXXXVIII 69
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 189 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXVIII 69’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch appears to depict the façade of a palace or villa in Rome, although the subject has not yet been identified.

Nicola Moorby
January 2009

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘?Façade of a Palace, Rome 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2009, 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-facade-of-a-palace-rome-r1139794, accessed 19 September 2024.