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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View of ?Ghent 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View of ?Ghent’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 172 Recto:
View of ?Ghent 1824
D19883
Turner Bequest CCXVI 166
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘166’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–166’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This diminutive and slight sketch may depict the Flemish city of Ghent, with three of its celebrated ecclesiastical landmarks: St Bavo Cathedral, the medieval Belfry, and the Church of St Nicholas (see also Tate D19854; Turner Bequest CCXVI 150b).

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘View of ?Ghent 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-view-of-ghent-r1174678, accessed 26 April 2024.