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 > Loire, Tours, Orleans and Paris ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Beaugency, Loire Valley; Notre-Dame, Paris 1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Beaugency, Loire Valley; Notre-Dame, Paris’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Recto:
Beaugency, Loire Valley; Notre-Dame, Paris 1826
D23300
Turner Bequest CCXLIX 28
Pencil on white laid paper, 103 x 153 mm
Inscribed ‘12’, left centre, ‘Notre Dame’ centre, ascending vertically
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘28’ bottom right descending vertically and ‘266’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXLIX 28’ bottom left descending 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 Beaugency in the Loire Valley. Just above, with the sketchbook inverted in relation to the present foliation, he also included a small drawing of the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. This is one of a number of pages featuring sketches of these cities in this volume, lists of which are provided in the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
May 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Beaugency, Loire Valley; Notre-Dame, Paris 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-beaugency-loire-valley-notre-dame-paris-r1185139, accessed 24 April 2024.