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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Virginia Water, with the Chinese Fishing Temple Beyond; and with the Clockcase in the Distance c.1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Virginia Water, with the Chinese Fishing Temple Beyond; and with the Clockcase in the Distance’ c.1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 83 Verso:
Virginia Water, with the Chinese Fishing Temple Beyond; and with the Clockcase in the Distance c.1827
D22133
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 81a
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘w’ below left of centre and again towards bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, at the bottom left is a continuation of woods from the distant view of the Chinese Fishing Temple across Virginia Water on folio 84 recto opposite (D22134; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 82). The main view, across the centre of the page, appears to be a development on a larger scale from this continuation; each has a ‘w’ (for water) in a corresponding position. The vertical feature at the right appears to be the Clockcase folly (since obscured by trees), beyond the eastern end of the lake and the London road.
For other views around Virginia Water, see under folio 73 verso (D22113; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 71a).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Virginia Water, with the Chinese Fishing Temple Beyond; and with the Clockcase in the Distance c.1827 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-virginia-water-with-the-chinese-fishing-temple-beyond-and-r1148774, accessed 20 April 2024.