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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839 > Givet, Mézières, Verdun, Metz, Luxemburg ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of Buildings 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Sketches of Buildings’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 68 Recto:
Two Sketches of Buildings 1839
D28289
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 68
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 101 x 168 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘?Mir[...]’, ‘[...]’ | ‘?B[...]’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘68’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXXVIII–68’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner has made two sketches of buildings in summary and slight line: one is located at the upper register and the other orientated horizontally relative to the foliation. Though largely illegible, there are inscriptions by the artist running across the top of the page.
Technical notes:
There is staining from the leather overlaps on the back outside cover at the top and bottom left and right of the page.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Two Sketches of Buildings 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-two-sketches-of-buildings-r1150566, accessed 26 October 2025.