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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Classical Buildings c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Classical Buildings’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
Classical Buildings c.1832
D27228
Turner Bequest CCLXXVIII 2
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXVIII – 2’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study of classical buildings is one of several in this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Classical Buildings c.1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-classical-buildings-r1181361, accessed 13 May 2024.