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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ruined Gothic Building with a Polygonal Turret 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ruined Gothic Building with a Polygonal Turret’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Recto:
A Ruined Gothic Building with a Polygonal Turret 1798
D01744
Turner Bequest XLII 69
Pencil on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Watermark ‘5’ (indistinct)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘69’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 69’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 34 verso opposite (D01743; Turner Bequest XLI 68), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Ruined Gothic Building with a Polygonal Turret 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-ruined-gothic-building-with-a-polygonal-turret-r1173940, accessed 18 April 2024.