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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Gisors from the South-West, Normandy 1832

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Gisors from the South-West, Normandy’ 1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Verso:
Gisors from the South-West, Normandy 1832
D23954
Turner Bequest CCLIV 37a
Pencil on white wove paper, 174 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner inscribed the top half of this page with a sweeping view of the terrain west of Gisors, located some twenty-five miles east of the Seine. Towards the top right-hand corner of the page, can be seen the skyline of this medieval town, with the tall donjon on its high mound to the left leading down to the hulk of the Church of Saint-Gervais and Saint-Protais.
Gisors and its ancient architecture were the subject of particular study in this sketchbook. For a list of associated sketches in the volume, see the entry for folio 41 verso (D23962; Turner Bequest CCLIV 41a). For a slightly later watercolour study of the town’s landmarks in the Turner Bequest, see Tate D20265 (Turner Bequest CCXXII F).

John Chu
July 2014

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Gisors from the South-West, Normandy 1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-gisors-from-the-south-west-normandy-r1173359, accessed 26 April 2024.