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Joseph Mallord William Turner  (British, London 1775–1851 London)

Date:
1825
Medium:
Watercolor and ink and traces of graphite
Dimensions:
sheet: 8 3/8 x 11 in. (21.3 x 28 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Bequest of Alexandrine Sinsheimer, 1958
Accession Number:
59.23.23

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  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Text on various elements of the design: two unfurled maps are inscribed "London 1526/Reign of Queen Elizabeth" (a date that actually falls during the reign of Henry VIII) and "London 1825/R[eign of] George IV"; a scrolled sheet is marked "S. Paul's Cathedral/ C- Wren"; a portfolio is labeled "Designs of London"; and a globe is marked "New World." Partially-erased and overpainted names of British canals remain visible under high magnification at the lower left center of the sheet.

  • Provenance

    John Ruskin (British, London 1819–1900 Brantwood, Cumbria)noted Thomas Agnew & Sons files, published Shanes, Apollo, Oct. 1994; Arthur Severn (British, 1842–1931)(sold March 1926 to Agnew's, London)noted Thomas Agnew & Sons files, published Shanes, Apollo, Oct. 1994; Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd. (London)(exh. Nov. 1927(80) & Mar. 1928 (110))noted Thomas Agnew & Sons files, published Shanes, Apollo, Oct. 1994; Alexandrine Sinsheimer(purchased from Agnew's 1928)noted Thomas Agnew & Sons files, published Shanes, Apollo, Oct. 1994; Donor: Alexandrine Sinsheimer

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wilton, 1979, no. 513, p. 358.

  • References

    Michael Botwinick, Bartholomew W. Bland, Laura L. Vookles, Geoff Snell, Pat Hardy, Tara Dawson The Panoramic River: The Hudson and the Thames Hudson River Museum, February 2 to May 19, 2013. Hudson River Museum, 2013, pp. 12, 188, ill.

    Ian Warrell, Franklin Kelly J. M. W. Turner National Gallery of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 21, 2007–September 21, 2008. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Tate Publishing, Washington D.C., 2007, cat. no. 74, p. 112.

    Martin Butlin, Evelyn Joll The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1984, cat. no. 97.

    Eric Shanes "A Busily Majestic Prospect Rediscovered: Turner's unusual view of London in 1825" Apollo Magazine. London, October 1994, fig. no. 1, pp. 28-29, ill.

    Andrew Wilton J.M.W. Turner: His Art and Life. Rizzoli, New York, 1979, cat. no. 513, p. 358, ill.

    Eric Shanes "Turner's Unknown London Series" Turner Studies. Vol. 1, no. 2, 1981, 39-42.



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