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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > Morlaise to Nantes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cathedral of Saint-Corentin, Quimper 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cathedral of Saint-Corentin, Quimper’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Verso:
Cathedral of Saint-Corentin, Quimper 1826
D23051
Turner Bequest CCXLVII 22a
Pencil on white laid paper, 105 x 167 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The partial sketch at the bottom of this page continues on from the depiction of the Cathedral of Saint-Corentin in Quimper on folio 23 recto opposite (D23052; Turner Bequest CCXLVII 23). This volume is scattered with depictions of this Brittany city, a list of which is included in the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
September 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Cathedral of Saint-Corentin, Quimper 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-cathedral-of-saint-corentin-quimper-r1184879, accessed 26 April 2024.