Durham Cathedral

Catalogue entry

[from] Picturesque Views in England and Wales pub.1827–38 [T04503-T04612; T05081-T05104; T05873; complete]

Twenty-four line-engravings, by various engravers and in various states, comprising twenty-four subjects out of a total of ninety-six (see also T04503-T04612 above); various papers and sizes; some annotated in pencil with initials of unidentified collector ‘FHB’
Purchased (Grant-in-Aid) 1988
Prov: ...; N.W. Lott and H.J. Gerrish Ltd, from whom bt by Tate Gallery (earlier provenance given in individual entries where known)
Lit: As for T04503-T04612

For the publishing history of this series, see under T04503-T04612.

T05101 Durham Cathedral engr. W. Miller, pub.1836

Line-engraving 157 × 234 (6 3/16 × 9 1/4) on India paper laid on wove paper 438 × 597 (17 1/4 × 23 1/2); plate-mark 253 × 304 (9 15/16 × 12)
Engraved inscriptions: ‘J.M.W. Turner R.A.’ below image b.l., ‘William Miller.’ below image b.r.; Turner studio blind stamp
Prov: As for T05083
Lit: Rawlinson I 1908, no.297, first published state

Published in part XXIII, no.1. Original watercolour: British Museum (Shanes 1979, no.80, repr. in col.; Wilton 1979, no.873).

Published in:
Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1986-88, London 1996

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