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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Brussels from the North 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brussels from the North’ 1817
Folio 11 Recto:
Brussels from the North 1817
D12720
Turner Bequest CLX 11
Pencil on white wove paper, 150 x 94 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘258’ bottom right, and ‘11’ in top right
Stamped in black ‘CLX – 11’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of the northern outskirts of Brussels is continued across folio 10 verso opposite (D12719); see catalogue entry.
Technical notes:
Two bands of staining run horizontally all the way across the page. The lower band includes darker rectangular marks and covers slight unevenness in the surface of the paper, the latter possibly the result of a manufacturing fault. No other page in the sketchbook shows similar damage or defects despite these running across the full page.

David Blayney Brown
June 2016

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Brussels from the North 1817’, catalogue entry, June 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, June 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/brussels-from-the-north-r1212088, accessed 31 July 2026.