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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Tour to the Alps 1836 > Val d'Aosta Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bethune, the Grand Place 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bethune, the Grand Place’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Verso:
Bethune, the Grand Place 1836
D29177
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 74a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘H d V’ [Hotel de Ville] left, and ‘F’ right foreground
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The square sketched here is the Grand Place at Bethune, with the belfry to the left and the tower of St Vaast Church in the centre. The scene is rather altered today, with the buildings at the base of the belfry cleared and the tower of St Vaast comprehensively rebuilt.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Bethune, the Grand Place 1836 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-bethune-the-grand-place-r1144725, accessed 20 September 2024.