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 > Rouen Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures; Rouen, Normandy 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures; Rouen, Normandy’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
Figures; Rouen, Normandy 1826
D24079
Turner Bequest CCLV 2
Pencil on white wove paper, 182 x 115 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘R[...]’ towards top left, ‘weighing cod | Dow[...]’ top right, ‘Bank, ‘Belle[...]’ centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLV 2’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned vertically, Turner filled the centre of this page with distant views of Rouen in Normandy. The city is the main subject of the drawings in this volume. The top edge of the page features women in the local dress of the region.

John Chu
July 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Figures; Rouen, Normandy 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-figures-rouen-normandy-r1185371, accessed 19 April 2024.