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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Virginia Water, with the Chinese Fishing Temple Beyond and the Clockcase in the Distance c.1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Virginia Water, with the Chinese Fishing Temple Beyond and the Clockcase in the Distance’ c.1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 84 Recto:
Virginia Water, with the Chinese Fishing Temple Beyond and the Clockcase in the Distance c.1827
D22134
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 82
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘82’ bottom left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXVIII – 82’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the view to the right beyond a repoussoir stand of trees in the foreground focuses on the tiny, schematically rendered form of the Chinese Fishing Temple (now gone) on the north side of Virginia Water; the view continues a little on folio 83 verso opposite (D22133; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 81a).
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, ‘Virginia Water, with the Chinese Fishing Temple Beyond and the Clockcase in the Distance 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-virginia-water-with-the-chinese-fishing-temple-beyond-and-r1148775, accessed 19 April 2024.