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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of a Midlands Town 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of a Midlands Town’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Recto:
Views of a Midlands Town 1830
D22357
Turner Bequest CCXL 20
Pencil on white wove paper, 68 x 110 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?water]’ towards bottom left and ‘w’ centre right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘20’ top left, upside down (now very faint)
Stamped in black ‘CCXL – 20’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This Midlands subject, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, currently remains unidentified. The lower view continues across folio 19 verso opposite (D22356), while the upper appears to be a second study of the Gothic building in the main drawing.

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Views of a Midlands Town 1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, 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-views-of-a-midlands-town-r1148507, accessed 26 April 2024.