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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > Nantes, Angers and Saumur Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Place St-Croix, Angers 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Place St-Croix, Angers’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 39 Recto:
Place St-Croix, Angers 1826
D23226
Turner Bequest CCXLVIII 39
Pencil on white laid paper, 170 x 110 mm
Inscribed ‘Place St Croix’ bottom centre, ‘Ru | Cheb | Roiux’ towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXLVIII 39’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner filled this page with a view of the medieval city of Angers, located on the River Maine close to its confluence with the Loire. A note at the bottom of the page identifies the scene as the Place St-Croix; the spire rising in the background belong to the gothic cathedral. Turner made extensive study of Angers in this volume. A list of his drawings of the city is provided in the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
April 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Place St-Croix, Angers 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-place-st-croix-angers-r1185058, accessed 19 April 2024.