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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Plymouth, Hamoaze Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Highgate from near the Archway 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Highgate from near the Archway’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 224 Recto:
?Highgate from near the Archway 1813
D09373
Turner Bequest CXXXI 135
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘135’ top left, ascending vertically, and ‘6’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 135’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this view of roofs and trees includes little to assist directly in its identification, but the drawings between folios 218 verso and 227 verso (D09362–D09380; Turner Bequest CXXXI 129a–138a) are all identified or likely views around Highgate and the new Archway to its east, then in the countryside north of London; they were probably made working in from the back of the book as now foliated. There is a similar view on folio 223 recto (D09371; Turner Bequest CXXXI 134). The subject is discussed under folio 128 verso (D09360; Turner Bequest CXXXI 128a), apparently incorrectly isolated from the rest of the sequence by a block of blank leaves.
Technical notes:
There is some staining at the top, showing through from the verso (D09374).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Highgate from near the Archway 1813 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-highgate-from-near-the-archway-r1148103, accessed 21 September 2024.