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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Bristol and Malmesbury 1791 > Bristol and Malmesbury Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Building with Arches, Enclosed in an Oval 1791

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Building with Arches, Enclosed in an Oval’ 1791
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Recto:
A Building with Arches, Enclosed in an Oval 1791
D00099
Turner Bequest VI 19
Pencil on white wove paper, 263 x 185 mm
Stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram centre left
Stamped in black ‘VI 19’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A slight sketch, made with the page turned vertically, and apparently related to the studies inside back cover (D40736). Compare the building in the oval with studies on folio 21 verso (D00104) and with the view of Malmesbury parish church seen through arches of the Abbey, folio 22 recto (D00105). The oval motif may be an idea for a title or wrapper vignette for the projected ‘12 Views on the River Avon’; see folio 20 verso (D00102), inside back cover (D40736) and the introduction to the sketchbook.
Technical notes:
The missing bottom right corner has been made up.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Building with Arches, Enclosed in an Oval 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-a-building-with-arches-enclosed-in-an-oval-r1140150, accessed 18 April 2024.