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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of Details of the Interior of New Shoreham Church c.1797-8

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of Details of the Interior of New Shoreham Church’ c.1797-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Studies of Details of the Interior of New Shoreham Church c.1797–8
D02355
Turner Bequest L N
Pencil on white wove paper, 410 x 284 mm
Inscribe in red ink ‘L.N’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘L – N’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Rather than making a drawing of the whole of the interior, Turner has concentrated on isolated details which are located roughly in relation to one another and to the whole subject. He used these notes as the basis for a large watercolour study (Tate D02342; Turner Bequest L A).
Technical notes:
The sheet has been folded three times horizontally and once vertically.
Verso:
Blank

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Studies of Details of the Interior of New Shoreham Church c.1797–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-studies-of-details-of-the-interior-of-new-shoreham-church-r1175009, accessed 24 April 2024.