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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Plans for a Picture Gallery c.1818-22

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Plans for a Picture Gallery’ c.1818-22
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Recto:
Plans for a Picture Gallery circa 1818–22
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Turner Bequest CV 46
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘18’ above centre between plans
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘46’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CV 46’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
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.
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David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Plans for 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-plans-for-a-picture-gallery-r1134574, accessed 16 April 2024.