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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Designs for Roof Lights in a Picture Gallery c.1818-22

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Designs for Roof Lights in a Picture Gallery’ c.1818-22
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Recto:
Designs for Roof Lights in a Picture Gallery circa 1818–22
D07046
Turner Bequest CV 44
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘12. 2 Lights’ and ‘18 3 Lights’ by the design at upper left and ‘20’ below the section of roof below left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘44’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CV 44’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. Two alternatives are shown for a roof with curved or sloped edges and two or three glazed lights, in one example given as octagonal. Turner also shows the construction of the joists. Related diagrams showing the construction and glazing are on the verso (D07047; Turner Bequest CV 44a). These plans are to be associated with Turner’s plans for his own gallery, along with other drawings and diagrams in the sketchbook; see Introduction for Turner’s new gallery behind his house in Queen Anne Street West, opened in 1822.

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Designs for Roof Lights in a Picture Gallery c.1818–22 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-designs-for-roof-lights-in-a-picture-gallery-r1134570, accessed 20 April 2024.