Joseph Mallord William Turner

Defensive Walls; Church Interior, Normandy

1826

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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
D23351
Turner Bequest CCL 8 a

Catalogue entry

Turner filled this page with studies of defensive walls and a large church interior with figures. Turner recorded several ancient towns and cities with such features on the pages of this volume, a list of which is included in the sketchbook introduction for comparison.

John Chu
May 2015

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