Joseph Mallord William Turner

Orléans Cathedral, Loire Valley

1826

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Loire, Tours, Orleans and Paris Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 153 x 103 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D23309
Turner Bequest CCXLIX 32 a

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Many of the pencil sketches in this and two other sketchbooks used on Turner's 1826 journey up the Loire relate to the coloured drawings worked up for the 1833 publication, 'Turner's Annual Tour - the Loire'. This drawing is typical of many in his sketchbooks, where an architectural fragment has caught his eye and is scrutinised and recorded in detail. Such studies as this came in useful when completing the more finished colour designs and when advising his engravers about particular details in their work.

Gallery label, August 2004

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