Joseph Mallord William Turner

Wells: Penniless Porch and Bishop’s Eye Gateways from the Market Place

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: D00553
Turner Bequest XXVI 1

Catalogue entry

The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. Finberg suggests ‘Gold’ for ‘Giles’ in Turner’s note of a local business.1

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Finberg 1914, p.95.

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Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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