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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View of London ?from Nunhead, with the Sun Breaking through Stormy Clouds; St Paul's Cathedral in the Distance 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View of London ?from Nunhead, with the Sun Breaking through Stormy Clouds; St Paul's Cathedral in the Distance’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Verso:
View of London ?from Nunhead, with the Sun Breaking through Stormy Clouds; St Paul’s Cathedral in the Distance 1796–7
D01173
Turner Bequest XXXVII 56
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 56’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The composition continues across folio 29 recto opposite (D01174; Turner Bequest XXXVII 57). Compare the views from south-east London hills on folios 2 verso–3 recto, 3 verso–4 recto and 25 verso–26 recto (D01121–D01122, D01123–D01124, D01167–D01168; Turner Bequest XXXVII 4–5, 6–7, 50–51).

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View of London ?from Nunhead, with the Sun Breaking through Stormy Clouds; St Paul’s Cathedral in the Distance 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-view-of-london-from-nunhead-with-the-sun-breaking-through-r1149865, accessed 19 April 2024.