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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Brussels from the North 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brussels from the North’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 272 Recto:
Brussels from the North 1824
D20070
Turner Bequest CCXVI 265
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Watermark ‘[smith &] allnut | [18]22’
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘265’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–265’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a view of the Belgian city of Brussels, taken from a northerly perspective. Turner may have drawn this view from the vast parkland which surrounds the Royal Palace of Laeken, situated to the north of the city. The profile of the Town Hall, constructed in the fourteen hundreds in the Brabantine Gothic style, can be seen at right. Turner stayed at Brussels on 12 August 1824, at the very beginning of his tour, and on 5 September, towards the end of it. See also Tate D20067–D20069, D20071–D20072; Turner Bequest CCXVI 263a–264a, 265a–266.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Brussels from the North 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2014, 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-brussels-from-the-north-r1174865, accessed 18 September 2024.