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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Margate, London and Surrey c.1829-45 > Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Buildings in a Valley with a Church Spire, Probably in Kent c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Buildings in a Valley with a Church Spire, Probably in Kent’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
Buildings in a Valley with a Church Spire, Probably in Kent c.1830
D35823
Turner Bequest CCCLXIII 37
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 98 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?wall]’ towards bottom left
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘38’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXIII – 38’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of buildings in a valley seen through trees continues across folio 37 verso opposite (D35821; Turner Bequest CCCLXIII 36); a church spire is seen in the present half of the drawing, which appears to show another aspect of the town shown on folios 38 verso–39 recto (D35824–D35825; Turner Bequest CCCLXIII 37a–38). Like the indentified views in this sketchbook, it is most likely in Kent; see the Introduction. See also folios 22 verso–23 recto (D35796, D35798; Turner Bequest CCCLXIII 21–22).

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Buildings in a Valley with a Church Spire, Probably in Kent 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-buildings-in-a-valley-with-a-church-spire-probably-in-kent-r1183784, accessed 26 April 2024.