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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Virginia Water with the Chinese Fishing Temple Beyond c.1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Virginia Water with the Chinese Fishing Temple Beyond’ c.1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 92 Recto:
Virginia Water with the Chinese Fishing Temple Beyond c.1827
D22149
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 90
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Partial watermark ‘rnard | 20’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘90’ bottom left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXVIII – 90’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a view westwards along Virginia Water from the southern shore. The forms on the water to the left may be swans. The view continues on folio 91 verso opposite (D22148; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 89a), where the Chinese Fishing Temple appears.
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 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-r1148790, accessed 25 April 2024.