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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of Towers 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Sketches of Towers’ 1835 (Inside front cover of sketchbook)
Inside front cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inside Front Cover:
Two Sketches of Towers 1835
D41225
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCCIV’ top left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These sketches appear to show the profiles of two towers.
Technical notes:
There is some foxing parallel to the gutter of the sketchbook.

Alice Rylance-Watson
November 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Two Sketches of Towers 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-two-sketches-of-towers-r1187015, accessed 17 May 2024.