Christchurch Gate, Canterbury: 568

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Christchurch Gate, Canterbury

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Charles Storkes by descent to Hannah Cooper (?) (appears in a list in the Cooper Notebooks for 1858, see Herrmann, Burl. Mag.)

Measurements and weight

Height: 266 mm
Width: 260 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1861) by Ruskin, John

Dating

1792 - 1793

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( a strip has been added to the right, and the sheet has been trimmed at the bottom)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour over graphite on paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: Wm. Turner
Location: Bottom right
Method of creation: Ink
Type: Signature

Text: CHALKS / WARHOUSE [sic] / TO MARGATE / Sun Street
Location: To the left
Method of creation: Watercolour

References and bibliographic entries

Works page(s): 557
A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest: with which are included the twenty-three drawings bequeathed by Henry Vaughan page(s): 19
Turner's Sketches and Drawings page(s): 18
The Life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. page(s): 24
J.M.W. Turner, R.A. 1775-1851; a catalogue of Drawings and Watercolours in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 25-6
The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 568
Primary reference Number: 13894
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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