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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sketch of Buildings 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sketch of Buildings’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
A Sketch of Buildings 1831
D25710
Turner Bequest CCLXV 38
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘38’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 38’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This very rough sketch is an architectural study of buildings. The suggestion of a gothic spire at the top of the sketch and what may be buttresses below suggest that this is a church, abbey or castle.

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘A Sketch of Buildings 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-sketch-of-buildings-r1134074, accessed 20 September 2024.