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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ely Cathedral: The Western Towers Seen beyond Buildings 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ely Cathedral: The Western Towers Seen beyond Buildings’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Ely Cathedral: The Western Towers Seen beyond Buildings 1794
D00351
Turner Bequest XXI X
Pencil on white wove paper, 276 x 215 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXI X’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Despite being unfinished, indeed little more than a faint outline for the most part, this study includes indications of figures in the right foreground. Turner’s interest in the Picturesque jumble of buildings surrounding the cathedral is apparent in Tate D00372 (Turner Bequest XXII S); and compare the views at Lincoln on this tour (Tate D00342, D00364; XXI O, XXII K), and Louth in the North of England sketchbook of 1797 (Tate D00991; Turner Bequest XXXIV 81).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Ely Cathedral: The Western Towers Seen beyond Buildings 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-ely-cathedral-the-western-towers-seen-beyond-buildings-r1141089, accessed 24 April 2024.