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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Chichester Cathedral: Studies of Romanesque Capitals 1796

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Verso:
Chichester Cathedral: Studies of Romanesque Capitals
D00764
Turner Bequest XXX 32a
Pencil on white wove paper, 126 x 108 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram top left
With the page turned vertically, these architectural details were noted by Turner in Chichester Cathedral. Further, more readily identifiable drawings made in the cathedral are on folio 34 recto opposite, and folios 34 verso and 35 recto (D00766–D00768; Turner Bequest XXX 33, 33a, 34).

Andrew Wilton
May 2011

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Chichester Cathedral: Studies of Romanesque Capitals by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-chichester-cathedral-studies-of-romanesque-capitals-r1149716, accessed 28 March 2024.