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 Nantes, Brittany 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Nantes, Brittany’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Recto:
Nantes, Brittany 1826
D23104
Turner Bequest CCXLVII 57
Pencil on white laid paper, 105 x 167 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in illegible red ink, top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXLVII – 57’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled the centre of this page with a view of Nantes. Included in the vista are the castle, the cathedral and the Île Feydeau. The pages of this volume feature many depictions of Nantes, a list of which is included in the sketchbook introduction.
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John Chu
September 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Nantes, Brittany 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-nantes-brittany-r1184932, accessed 20 September 2024.