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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Théâtre de l'Odéon, Paris 1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Théâtre de l'Odéon, Paris’ 1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Recto:
Théâtre de l’Odéon, Paris 1832
D24187
Turner Bequest CCLVII 11
Pencil on white laid paper, 175 x 127 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘2’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLVII 11’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with a study of a street close to the Palais du Luxembourg on Paris’s left bank. On the left-hand side of the page can be seen the classical edifice of the Théâtre de l’Odéon. Turner has been careful to note the uppermost course of oeil-de-boeuf windows on the façade and the distinctive glimpse of the roof’s pitch to the rear.

John Chu
January 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Théâtre de l’Odéon, Paris 1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2015, 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-theatre-de-lodeon-paris-r1175215, accessed 10 May 2024.