Joseph Mallord William Turner

Church of St Mary de Haura, Shoreham

1826

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Loose Studies of Northern France
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 231 × 367 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D34557
Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 174

Catalogue entry

This sketch of the church of St Mary de Haura belongs to a group of views of the West Sussex town of Shoreham which Turner worked onto white ‘Ivy Mill’ watermarked paper as he embarked on his 1826 tour of Northern France.1 A list of these is provided in the Introduction to this section.

Ian Warrell, Turner on the Loire, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1997, p.23.

Technical Note:

The sheet is one quarter of a larger sheet folded into four. On the other three quadrants feature D34556, D34558, D34559 (Turner Bequest CCCXLIV d 173; CCCXLIV d 175; CCCXLIV d 176).

Verso:

Inscribed in pencil with the note ‘T. 34556/9’ in the bottom left-hand corner.

John Chu
March 2016

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