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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Midlands 1830 > Birmingham and Coventry Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Midlands Church Interiors 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Midlands Church Interiors’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Verso:
?Midlands Church Interiors 1830
D22392
Turner Bequest CCXL 37a
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 68 mm
Partial watermark ‘[Prince of Wales feathers]’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[...]’ centre left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned vertically, there are two sketches here. The top one appears to be an architectural elevation, with arches on two levels and columns or piers, while the one below gives a sense of recession through a vaulted space, again articulated by uprights. Both probably record the interior of a large church visited in the course of the Midlands tour.
Technical notes:
This leaf is affected by the extensive pale brown, mottled staining which extends throughout this particular gathering (folios 31–42; D22379–D22402) and also folios 30 and 43 recto and verso (D22377, D22378, D22403, D22404), as discussed in the Technical notes to the sketchbook’s Introduction.

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Midlands Church Interiors 1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-midlands-church-interiors-r1148542, accessed 16 July 2025.