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 59 Recto:
Nantes, Brittany 1826
D23107
Turner Bequest CCXLVII 59
Pencil on white laid paper, 105 x 167 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXLVII – 59’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled much of this page with small sketches taken at Nantes. Included are the castle and its battlements, and the towers of the cathedral. 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-r1184935, accessed 26 April 2024.