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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Orléans Cathedral c.1826-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Orléans Cathedral’ c.1826-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Orléans Cathedral c.1826–8
D24825
Turner Bequest CCLIX 260
Watercolour, gouache and ink on faded blue paper, 141 x 196 mm
Blind stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLIX 260’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of the west front of Orléans Cathedralis one of several colour studies Turner made of the city after his 1826 tour of Northern France. It is based on pencil studies in the Loire, Tours, Orleans and Paris sketchbook from that year; see entry for Tate D23310, D23311 (Turner Bequest CCXLIX 33, 33a). See the Introduction to this section for a list of comparable studies of the city.
Technical Notes:
The sheet belongs to a batch of lightweight blue paper used by Turner made by George Steart of Bally, Ellen and Steart at De Montault Mill, Coombe Down, Bath. 1
1
Ibid. p.238.
Verso:
Inscribed in pencil with the notes ‘East of Rouen Cath’, ‘cclix 260’, ‘4 L[...] 32.’ towards the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet.

John Chu
March 2016

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Orléans Cathedral c.1826–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2016, 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-orleans-cathedral-r1185557, accessed 26 April 2024.