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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Durham: The West End of the Cathedral Seen from the South beyond Trees 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Durham: The West End of the Cathedral Seen from the South beyond Trees’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Recto:
Durham: The West End of the Cathedral Seen from the South beyond Trees 1801
D02494
Turner Bequest LIII 21
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 162 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘21’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LIII – 21’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the pages turned horizontally, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 20 verso opposite (D02493).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Durham: The West End of the Cathedral Seen from the South beyond Trees 1801 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-durham-the-west-end-of-the-cathedral-seen-from-the-south-r1178516, accessed 25 April 2024.