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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Part of a View of the Duomo, Turin 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Part of a View of the Duomo, Turin’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Verso:
Part of a View of the Duomo, Turin 1819
D14199
Turner Bequest CLXXIV 27 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 186 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘W’ and ‘X’ within sketch, far right-hand side
Inscribed by an unknown hand in pencil ‘?27’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains a small part of the composition which has spilled over from the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 29 (D14200; Turner Bequest CLXXIV 28). The sketch depicts the façade of the Duomo (cathedral) in Turin.

Nicola Moorby
December 2012

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Part of a View of the Duomo, Turin 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-part-of-a-view-of-the-duomo-turin-r1142720, accessed 05 April 2026.