Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Lanterne, Saint-Cloud

1821

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Dieppe, Rouen and Paris Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 118 × 123 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D24550
Turner Bequest CCLVIII 26 a

Catalogue entry

A quick sketch of the Lanterne de Démosthène; Turner may have referred to this sketch when he painted his gouache and watercolour of The Lanterne at St-Cloud (Tate T05619) for Turner’s Annual Tour, 1835 (Tate D24697; Turner Bequest CCLIX 132); although his design was principally based on a sketch made on another visit to Saint-Cloud in 1832 (Tate D23908; Turner Bequest CCLIV 14a).1

For further sketches of Saint-Cloud in this sketchbook, see folio 3 verso (Tate D24505; Turner Bequest CCLVIII 3a).

Warrell 1999, p.277 under no.143.

Technical notes:

The page has numerous areas of foxing, especially across the left-hand side.

Thomas Ardill
February 2013

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