Joseph Mallord William Turner

Views of a Midlands Town

1830

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In Tate Britain

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Birmingham and Coventry Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 78 x 110 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D22356
Turner Bequest CCXL 19 a

Catalogue entry

This Midlands subject, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, with a three-arched bridge and a church spire, currently remains unidentified. The lower view continues across folio 20 recto opposite (D22357), while the upper appears to be a slighter reprise of the main subject.

Matthew Imms
August 2013

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