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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Brighton and Copies from Wilson 1796-7 > Wilson Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Interior of a Church with the Congregation during Service 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Interior of a Church with the Congregation during Service’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Interior of a Church with the Congregation during Service 1796–7
D01148
Turner Bequest XXXVII 31
Pencil, pen and brown ink and grey-brown wash on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Inscribed by Turner in brown ink ‘REPAIRD – 11 [?95]’ on gallery towards centre left
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 31’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The composition continues across folio 15 verso opposite (D01147; Turner Bequest XXXVII 30), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Interior of a Church with the Congregation during Service 1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-interior-of-a-church-with-the-congregation-during-service-r1149840, accessed 23 April 2024.