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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Malmesbury Cross and Church 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Malmesbury Cross and Church’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Verso:
Malmesbury Cross and Church 1798
D01474
Turner Bequest XL 7a
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘86’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XL – 7 a’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is continued on folio 8 recto opposite (D01475). A more elaborate drawing of the market cross at Malmesbury is in the contemporary Hereford Court sketchbook (Tate D01255; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 6).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Malmesbury Cross and Church 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, 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-malmesbury-cross-and-church-r1173710, accessed 25 April 2024.