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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Louth: St James's Church from the North-West 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Louth: St James's Church from the North-West’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 85 Recto:
Louth: St James’s Church from the North-West 1797
D00991
Turner Bequest XXXIV 81
Pencil on white wove paper, 270 x 210 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘B’, ‘6’ and ‘e’ in the drawing
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXIV 81’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Although a less evolved drawing than that showing the church from the opposite side on folio 84 recto (D00990; Turner Bequest XXXIV 80), this study reflects Turner’s recurrent interest in the effect of a grand medieval building soaring above small houses clustered round it. He had, for example, viewed Ely Cathedral similarly on his Midland tour of 1794; see Tate D00351 (Turner Bequest XXI X).

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Louth: St James’s Church from the North-West 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-louth-st-jamess-church-from-the-north-west-r1150148, accessed 25 April 2024.