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 > Cherbourg, Coutances and Mont St Michel ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Coutances, Normandy 1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coutances, Normandy’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
Coutances, Normandy 1826
D23352
Turner Bequest CCL 9
Pencil on white laid paper, 91 x 131 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Pierre’, ‘[...]ry’ towards bottom left, ‘Jacques’, ‘V[...]lle’ towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCL – 9’ 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 view of the medieval city of Coutance in Normandy. Multiple pages in this volume feature sketches of this settlement and its gothic cathedral, a list of which is included in the sketchbook introduction.
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John Chu
May 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coutances, Normandy 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-coutances-normandy-r1185192, accessed 12 May 2024.