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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Chinese Fishing Temple at Virginia Water c.1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Chinese Fishing Temple at Virginia Water’ c.1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Verso:
The Chinese Fishing Temple at Virginia Water c.1827
D22117
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 73a
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Partial watermark ‘nard | 20’
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘1421’ towards bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this loose sketch shows the south-eastern corner of the Chinese Fishing Temple (now gone) on the north shore of Virginia Water, as seen it its wider setting on the recto (D22116). There are more precise drawings of an elevation and details on folio 76 recto opposite (D22118; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 74).
For other views around Virginia Water, see under folio 73 verso (D22113; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 71a).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Chinese Fishing Temple at Virginia Water c.1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-chinese-fishing-temple-at-virginia-water-r1148758, accessed 23 April 2024.