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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner St David's: The Interior of the Cathedral, with Part of the Chancel and the Bishop's Throne 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘St David's: The Interior of the Cathedral, with Part of the Chancel and the Bishop's Throne’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 36 Recto:
St David’s: The Interior of the Cathedral, with Part of the Chancel and the Bishop’s Throne 1795
D00589
Turner Bequest XXVI 36
Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 203 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Bishops Throne St Davids Cathedral’ bottom right and ‘36’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 36’ bottom right
The throne of Bishop de Gower, constructed in the early fourteenth century, is an exceptionally fine example of wood carving of the Decorated period, and one of the outstanding features of the Cathedral’s furnishings. See folios 40 recto and 41 recto (D00593, D00594; Turner Bequest XXVI 39, 40 of this book for other views in the interior of the Cathedral; also folios 35 recto and 37 recto (D00588, D00590).
Verso:
Blank; a slight stain of yellow pigment; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘St David’s: The Interior of the Cathedral, with Part of the Chancel and the Bishop’s Throne 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-st-davids-the-interior-of-the-cathedral-with-part-of-the-r1140916, accessed 26 April 2024.