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 Rouen, Normandy 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rouen, Normandy’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Verso:
Rouen, Normandy 1826
D24096
Turner Bequest CCLV 11a
Pencil on white wove paper, 115 x 182 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch depicts a distant view of Rouen as seen from the high ground to the south-east of the city. Rouen is the main subject of the drawings in this volume.

John Chu
July 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘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-rouen-normandy-r1185388, accessed 26 April 2024.