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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Part of the Ruins of a Gothic Building, with Fallen Masonry and Foliage ?1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Part of the Ruins of a Gothic Building, with Fallen Masonry and Foliage’ ?1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 67 Recto:
Part of the Ruins of a Gothic Building, with Fallen Masonry and Foliage ?1799
D03900
Turner Bequest LXVI 67
Pencil and white gouache on blue laid paper, 83 x 166 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘67’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXVI – 67’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the pages turned horizontally, this is a continuation of the view on folio 66 verso opposite (D03899), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Part of the Ruins of a Gothic Building, with Fallen Masonry and Foliage ?1799 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-part-of-the-ruins-of-a-gothic-building-with-fallen-masonry-r1180139, accessed 25 April 2024.