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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Glasgow Cathedral from the South 1834

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Glasgow Cathedral from the South’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 69 Recto:
Glasgow Cathedral from the South 1834
D26390
Turner Bequest CCLXIX 69
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘69’ bottom left inverted and ‘340’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIX 69’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this sketch of Glasgow Cathedral begins a short series of views of the city: folios 69–71 verso (D26390–D26395). This view is from the south of the Cathedral, perhaps from the High Street, and seems to look down on a busy street from a height, perhaps from a first- or second-floor window, although the rough nature of the sketch makes the foreground hard to decipher. The outline of the cathedral picks out its west tower (no longer extant), the central tower and the nave.
For references to further sketches of Glasgow see folio 73 verso (D26399).

Thomas Ardill
October 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Glasgow Cathedral from the South 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-glasgow-cathedral-from-the-south-r1136320, accessed 26 April 2024.