Joseph Mallord William Turner

Canterbury: Christ Church Gate

1792

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Watercolours of Oxford and the Home Counties
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 213 × 274 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D00176
Turner Bequest XVII A

Technique and condition

This watercolour is composed on white paper with preliminary under-drawing in pencil. The image was created by the careful application of watercolour to dry paper. There is little overlap of colours in the painting except for areas where shadow and lighting effects have been created. Pigments used include yellow ochre, vermilion and possibly indigo.

Helen Evans
October 2008

Revised by Joyce Townsend
February 2011

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