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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of a Porch and Decorated Moulding 1791

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of a Porch and Decorated Moulding’ 1791
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Studies of a Porch and Decorated Moulding 1791
D00093
Turner Bequest VI 16
Pencil on white laid paper, 185 x 263 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Lady Lippincott’ towards top left
Stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram top left
Stamped in black ‘VI 16’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The details recorded on this page, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, are from Stoke House, the seat of Lady Lippincote. The house is the subject of Turner’s drawing on the verso, D00094.
Technical notes:
The leaf is stained through in the centre with what appears to be brown varnish.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Studies of a Porch and Decorated Moulding 1791 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-studies-of-a-porch-and-decorated-moulding-r1140144, accessed 26 April 2024.