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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin Rome: The Temple of Vesta c.1795-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin, ‘Rome: The Temple of Vesta’ c.1795-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Rome: The Temple of Vesta c.1795–7
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Turner Bequest CCCLXXV 10
Pencil and grey wash on white wove paper, 239 x 328 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXV – 10’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Provenance:
Probably commissioned by Dr Thomas Monro
Monro’s posthumous sale, Christie’s, London, 26–28 June and 1–2 July 1833 (day and lot number not known)
Bought by or on behalf of Turner
The pencil work is by Girtin. This was probably copied from a sketch by John Robert Cozens (1752–1797).
Verso:
Inscribed by ?Thomas Girtin ‘Temple of Vesta / Grey’ and in a later hand ‘112’.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Rome: The Temple of Vesta c.1795–7 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-rome-the-temple-of-vesta-r1141261, accessed 25 April 2024.