Joseph Mallord William Turner

Coutances, Normandy

1826

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In Tate Britain

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Cherbourg, Coutances and Mont St Michel Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 91 × 131 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D23449
Turner Bequest CCL 59

Catalogue entry

With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled most of this page with a view of the city of Coutances in Normandy. The crumbling medieval aqueduct crosses lower right-hand quadrant of the page while the cathedral is shown in the upper left-hand corner. Multiple pages in this volume feature sketches of this settlement and its monuments, a list of which is included in the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
May 2015

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