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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Tour of Yorkshire 1816 > Yorkshire 1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner York from the South-East 1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘York from the South-East’ 1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Recto:
York from the South-East 1816
D10910
Turner Bequest CXLIV 23
Pencil on white wove paper, 154 x 97 mm
Trace of inscription in red ink, possibly by John Ruskin, ‘23’, bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXLIV 23’, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is the right half of a double-page spread, continued to the right from folio 22 verso (D10909), opposite, continuing to the right the panorama of York from the south-east begun on the previous double-page spread, folios 21 verso–22 (D10907–D10908). Taken from near Foss Islands Road, the view includes, from left to right across this spread: the central tower and east end of York Minster; the tower of St Cuthbert’s, Peasholme Green; and Layerthorpe Postern and Bridge.

David Hill
January 2009

How to cite

David Hill, ‘York from the South-East 1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-york-from-the-south-east-r1144097, accessed 26 April 2024.