Joseph Mallord William Turner

York Minster: The Interior, Looking South from the North Transept

1797

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Tweed and Lakes Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 370 × 274 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D01075
Turner Bequest XXXV 73

Catalogue entry

This is one of a sequence of five drawings that record the interior of York Minster: one is in the contemporary North of England sketchbook (Tate D00975; Turner Bequest XXXIV 66), the other three are on consecutive leaves of this book, folios 90 recto, 91 recto and 92 recto (D01076, D01077, D01078; Turner Bequest XXXV 74, 75, 76).

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Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed by A.J. Finberg in pencil ‘York AJF | Schedule No | XXXV.73 | 141.73’.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

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