Joseph Mallord William Turner

Gledhow Hall, Leeds; the Roof and Chimneys

1816

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Devonshire Rivers, No.3, and Wharfedale Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 179 x 254 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D09858
Turner Bequest CXXXIV 58 a

Catalogue entry

Turner here isolates details of the roof and chimneys of Gledhow Hall, seen from the south-west. At the centre right is a slight continuation of trees from another view of the house in its setting on folio 5 recto opposite (D09801; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 12). The subject and other views are discussed in the entry for folio 3 recto (D09805; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 15).

Matthew Imms
July 2014

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