Joseph Mallord William Turner

Chichester Cathedral: Studies of Romanesque Capitals

1796

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Studies near Brighton Sketchbook
Medium
Dimensions
Support: 126 × 108 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D00764
Turner Bequest XXX 32 a

Catalogue entry

With the page turned vertically, these architectural details were noted by Turner in Chichester Cathedral. Further, more readily identifiable drawings made in the cathedral are on folio 34 recto opposite, and folios 34 verso and 35 recto (D00766–D00768; Turner Bequest XXX 33, 33a, 34).

Andrew Wilton
May 2011

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