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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Howden Minster: The Tower and Chapter House 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Howden Minster: The Tower and Chapter House’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 82 Recto:
Howden Minster: The Tower and Chapter House 1797
D00987
Turner Bequest XXXIV 78
Pencil on white wove paper, 270 x 210 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘78’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXIV 78’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A drawing continuing the subject to the right is on the preceding page, folio 81 recto (D00986, Turner Bequest XXXIV 77). Further notes of architectural details presumably at Howden are on the verso of this leaf (D40562).

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Howden Minster: The Tower and Chapter House 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-howden-minster-the-tower-and-chapter-house-r1150143, accessed 27 April 2024.