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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin View at Portici c.1794-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin, ‘View at Portici’ c.1794-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Folio 22 Recto:
View at Portici c.1794–8
D36499
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIV 21
Pencil and grey and blue wash on white wove paper, 138 x 280 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 368 x 480 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘21’ on mount, top right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIV – 21’ on mount, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is taken from a drawing by John Robert Cozens (1752–1797) in Beckford Sketchbook II, p.25, titled ‘King’s Palace at Portici – from the Boschetto’ and dated 2 September 1782 (Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, D1975.5.24/25).1
1
Bell and Girtin 1935, p.58 under no.254; Charles Nugent, British Watercolours in the Whitworth Art Gallery, the University of Manchester: A Summary Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolours by Artists Born before 1880, London and Manchester 2003, p.93, reproduced.
Verso:
Blank (laid down).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View at Portici c.1794–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin’, 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-thomas-girtin-view-at-portici-r1140568, accessed 26 April 2024.