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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Church of St Sepulchre, Northampton: The Tower and Spire, with the Circular Nave, South Porch and South Aisle 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Church of St Sepulchre, Northampton: The Tower and Spire, with the Circular Nave, South Porch and South Aisle’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Recto:
The Church of St Sepulchre, Northampton: The Tower and Spire, with the Circular Nave, South Porch and South Aisle 1794
D00213
Turner Bequest XIX 7
Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 111 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?stone] Bt yellow Ocker | Colour with Grey | very little Lake’ top right, ‘Same’ against window in spire, and ‘L’ and ‘T’ within drawing
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘7’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XIX 7’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing, made with the page turned vertically, is continued a little way onto folio 6 verso (D40751).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Church of St Sepulchre, Northampton: The Tower and Spire, with the Circular Nave, South Porch and South Aisle 1794 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-the-church-of-st-sepulchre-northampton-the-tower-and-spire-r1140731, accessed 19 April 2024.