J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Antwerp 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Antwerp’ 1817
Folio 7 Recto:
Antwerp 1817
D13008
Turner Bequest CLXII 7
Pencil on ‘blue’ laid writing paper, 156 x 93 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[... | ...]’ centre right
Inscribed in red ink ‘7’ bottom right (faint)
Stamped in black ‘CLXII – 7’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch can be confirmed as a view of Antwerp by the Cathedral of Our Lady on the right, and the tower of St Jacobskerk at the left. The view extends across folio 6 verso opposite (D13007). For Antwerp in this sketchbook, see notes to folio 2 verso (D12999).

Quirine van der Meer Mohr
December 2013

Revised by David Blayney Brown
September 2025

How to cite

Quirine van der Meer Mohr, ‘Antwerp 1817’, catalogue entry, December 2013, revised by David Blayney Brown, September 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, June 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/antwerp-r1212383, accessed 01 August 2026.