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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North of England 1797-1801 > North of England Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Howden Minster: The East End 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Howden Minster: The East End’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 81 Recto:
Howden Minster: The East End 1797
D00986
Turner Bequest XXXIV 77
Pencil on white wove paper, 270 x 210 mm
Watermark ‘1794 | J Whatman’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘77’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXIV 77’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
David Hill points out that this and the drawing on the following page, folio 82 recto (D00987; Turner Bequest XXXIV 78), form a continuous record of the east end of the Minster Church of St Peter and St Paul at Howden, south-east of York. The building had fallen into ruin in the centuries since the Dissolution. This page shows the east window of the chancel, and the next the Chapter House on the north side of the choir with the unusually high tower (135 feet; 41 metres) beyond.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Howden Minster: The East End 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2013, 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-howden-minster-the-east-end-r1150142, accessed 25 April 2024.