Joseph Mallord William Turner

Louth: St James’s Church from the North-West

1797

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
North of England Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 270 × 210 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D00991
Turner Bequest XXXIV 81

Catalogue entry

Although a less evolved drawing than that showing the church from the opposite side on folio 84 recto (D00990; Turner Bequest XXXIV 80), this study reflects Turner’s recurrent interest in the effect of a grand medieval building soaring above small houses clustered round it. He had, for example, viewed Ely Cathedral similarly on his Midland tour of 1794; see Tate D00351 (Turner Bequest XXI X).

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

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