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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Antwerp: The Cathedral of Our Lady from the Boterrui 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Antwerp: The Cathedral of Our Lady from the Boterrui’ 1817
Folio 4 Recto:
Antwerp: The Cathedral of Our Lady from the Boterrui 1817
D13002
Turner Bequest CLXII 4
Pencil on ‘blue’ laid writing paper, 93 x 156 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Canal au Beurre’ bottom centre
Inscribed in red ink ‘4’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CLXII – 4’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, Turner locates this view of the cathedral as from the ‘Canal au Beurre’ running between Boterrui and Appelstraat. The canal is indicated here by a bridge. Shown on eighteenth-century maps of Antwerp, the canal is now filled in and the Boterrui is incorporated into the Suikerrui, for which see folio 3 recto (D13000). Turner notes a statue near the bridge and figures in the street. The tower of the cathedral and upper parts of buildings are continued on folio 3 verso opposite (D13001). 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: The Cathedral of Our Lady from the Boterrui 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-the-cathedral-of-our-lady-from-the-boterrui-r1212377, accessed 31 July 2026.