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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Harewood House: The South Front Seen from the West 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harewood House: The South Front Seen from the West’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 80 Recto:
Harewood House: The South Front Seen from the West 1797
D00985
Turner Bequest XXXIV 76
Pencil on white wove paper, 210 x 270 mm
Watermark ‘1794 | J Whatman’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘76’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIV 76’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is drawn with the page turned horizontally. This is a slight note of the main structural features of the central portion of the south front of the house, seen in steep perspective. The commission from Edward Lascelles to make watercolour views of Harewood resulted in four of the house, based primarily on drawings made on separate sheets of paper (Tate D02379, D02385, D02386, D02388, D02390, D02391; Turner Bequest LI L, R, S, U, W, X), and two of the castle; see under folio 71 recto (D00976; Turner Bequest XXXIV 67).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Harewood House: The South Front Seen from the West 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2013, 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-harewood-house-the-south-front-seen-from-the-west-r1150141, accessed 18 April 2024.