Joseph Mallord William Turner

St David’s: The Interior of the Cathedral

1795

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: South Wales Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 203 x 264 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D00594
Turner Bequest XXVI 40

Catalogue entry

Another view in the interior of St David’s Cathedral is on folio 36 recto (D00589).

The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.

Verso:

Blank; inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘727’, and by a later hand in pencil ‘No 1’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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