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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Church of Saints Hermes and Alexander, Theux, from the Liège-Spa Road, with the Castle of Franchimont Seen in the Distance 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Church of Saints Hermes and Alexander, Theux, from the Liège-Spa Road, with the Castle of Franchimont Seen in the Distance’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Recto:
The Church of Saints Hermes and Alexander, Theux, from the Liège-Spa Road, with the Castle of Franchimont Seen in the Distance 1839
D28095
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 28
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 94 x 154 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Road’ at bottom towards left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘350’ bottom right and ‘28’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXXVII–28’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Though far less developed, this sketch is similar to the view of Theux on folio 27 (Tate D28093; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 27). Both formed the basis of a gouache, pen and ink and watercolour study on blue paper of the town (Tate D20280; Turner Bequest CCXXII U).
Other drawings of Theux in this sketchbook can be found on the following folios: Tate D28096–D28098; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 28a–30.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘The Church of Saints Hermes and Alexander, Theux, from the Liège-Spa Road, with the Castle of Franchimont Seen in the Distance 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-the-church-of-saints-hermes-and-alexander-theux-from-the-r1150369, accessed 19 September 2024.