J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > Rouen Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bonsecours, Normandy 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bonsecours, Normandy’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
Bonsecours, Normandy 1826
D24091
Turner Bequest CCLV 9
Pencil on white wove paper, 115 x 182 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLV 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch depicts the settlement of Bonsecours on the banks of the River Seine in Normandy. It is situated on the high ground to the south-east of Rouen, which is the main subject of the drawings in this volume.

John Chu
July 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Bonsecours, 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-bonsecours-normandy-r1185383, accessed 16 April 2024.