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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lancaster: The Town seen from the East 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lancaster: The Town seen from the East’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 82 Recto:
Lancaster: The Town seen from the East 1797
D01069
Turner Bequest XXXV 67
Pencil on white wove paper, 274 x 370 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 67’ bottom left, descending vertically
Characteristically, Turner here chooses a viewpoint that yields a comprehensive view of the main antiquities of the town centre in a telling composition. Drawn with the page turned horizontally, the castle and parish church are seen crowning the hill; the church in the left middle-distance is St John’s, with a recently constructed classicising steeple, and the medieval bridge over the River Lune is visible at the extreme right. Other views of Lancaster are on folios 79 recto and 80 recto (D01066, D01067; Turner Bequest XXXV 64, 65).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed by A.J. Finberg in pencil ‘141.67’ and in a different hand in pencil ‘?67’ [sic].

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Lancaster: The Town seen from the East 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, 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-lancaster-the-town-seen-from-the-east-r1150246, accessed 25 April 2024.