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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Nantes, Brittany 1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 62 Recto:
Nantes, Brittany 1826
D23112
Turner Bequest CCXLVII 62
Pencil on white laid paper, 105 x 167 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘a ?Market for Bees’ right centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in illegible red ink, top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXLVII – 62’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with a view of the Pont de la Belle Croix at Nantes. Included are sketches of the castle and cathedral. The pages of this volume feature many depictions of Nantes, a list of which is included in the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
September 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Nantes, Brittany 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-nantes-brittany-r1184940, accessed 28 March 2024.