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 Quimper, Brittany 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Quimper, Brittany’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Recto:
Quimper, Brittany 1826
D23130
Turner Bequest CCXLVII 73
Pencil on white laid paper, 105 x 167 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in faint red ink ‘73’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXLVII –73’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with a study of the Brittany settlement of Quimper. Included in the scene are the Bishop's Palace beside the River Odet and the towers of the Cathedral of Saint-Corentin rising beyond. The drawing continues onto folio 73 verso opposite (D23129; Turner Bequest CCXLVII 72a). Drawings of Quimper feature on several pages of this volume, a list of which is included in the sketchbook introduction.
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John Chu
September 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Quimper, 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-quimper-brittany-r1184958, accessed 21 September 2024.