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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Wells: The West Front of the Cathedral 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Wells: The West Front of the Cathedral’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Wells: The West Front of the Cathedral 1795
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Turner Bequest XXVI 2
Pencil on white wove paper, 203 x 264 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘2’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXVI – 2’ bottom left, descending vertically
Turner drew a view of the gateway from the other side in the Smaller South Wales sketchbook (Tate D00466; Turner Bequest XXV 5). A finished watercolour of this subject is in the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight.1 Note the figure of an artist drawing in the right foreground, with other figures grouped nearby.
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
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Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.314 no.134, reproduced.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘801 | 176 Inv’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Wells: The West Front of the Cathedral 1795 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-wells-the-west-front-of-the-cathedral-r1140881, accessed 25 April 2024.