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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner York Minster: The Crossing Seen from the West Aisle of the South Transept 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘York Minster: The Crossing Seen from the West Aisle of the South Transept’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 92 Recto:
York Minster: The Crossing Seen from the West Aisle of the South Transept 1797
D01078
Turner Bequest XXXV 76
Pencil on white wove paper, 370 x 274 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 76’ bottom right
This is one of a sequence of five drawings that record the interior of York Minster: one is in the contemporary North of England sketchbook, f. 66 (Tate D00975; Turner Bequest XXXIV 66), the other three are on the immediately preceding leaves of this book, folios 89 recto, 90 recto and 91 recto (D01075, D01076, D01077; Turner Bequest XXXV 73, 74, 75).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed in pencil ‘141.76’.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘York Minster: The Crossing Seen from the West Aisle of the South Transept 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, 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-york-minster-the-crossing-seen-from-the-west-aisle-of-the-r1150257, accessed 24 April 2024.