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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lichfield Cathedral: Part of the West Front 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lichfield Cathedral: Part of the West Front’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Lichfield Cathedral: Part of the West Front 1794
D00363
Turner Bequest XXII J
Pencil on white wove paper, 280 x 213 mm
Watermark ‘J WHATMAN’
Stamped in black ‘XXII J’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Other studies of Lichfield Cathedral in this series are Tate D00365 and D00366 (Turner Bequest XXII L, M).
Technical notes:
This is an extremely slight, almost indecipherable sketch, probably having been damaged in the Tate flood of 1928.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Lichfield Cathedral: Part of the West Front 1794 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-lichfield-cathedral-part-of-the-west-front-r1141049, accessed 18 April 2024.