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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lichfield Cathedral from the South-West 1794

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lichfield Cathedral from the South-West’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Lichfield Cathedral from the South-West 1794
D00365
Turner Bequest XXII L
Pencil on white wove paper, 217 x 279 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXII – L’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner referred to this drawing when, in the early 1830s, he made a watercolour view of Lichfield for the Picturesque Views in England and Wales (private collection);1 it was never engraved. Other studies of Lichfield Cathedral in the 1794 series are Tate D00363 and D00366 (Turner Bequest XXII J, M).
1
Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.403 no.882, reproduced.
Technical notes:
There are pink and blue colour smears at the centre right.
Verso:
Blank (not stamped).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Lichfield Cathedral from the South-West 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-lichfield-cathedral-from-the-south-west-r1141047, accessed 08 May 2024.