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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Canterbury Cathedral to the West from St Martin's Church c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Canterbury Cathedral to the West from St Martin's Church’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Verso:
Canterbury Cathedral to the West from St Martin’s Church c.1830
D35772
Turner Bequest CCCLXIII 8a
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 98 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a less detailed version, from a similar viewpoint, of the two-page drawing of Canterbury from the east on folios 7 verso–8 recto (D35770–D35771); see both entries for aspects of the scene, and under folio 3 recto (D35791) for other views of Canterbury in this sketchbook and elsewhere.
In his 1909 Inventory, Finberg somewhat misleadingly linked this page with folio 9 recto opposite (D35773) under the overall title ‘Views of “Richborough.”’,1 but the views of the latter are separate subjects, only one of which extends briefly onto the present page.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

1
Finberg 1909, II, p.1177.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Canterbury Cathedral to the West from St Martin’s Church c.1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-canterbury-cathedral-to-the-west-from-st-martins-church-r1183735, accessed 24 April 2024.