Graphite and watercolour on paper
Sussex, West
Sussex - non-specific
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Petworth Church NorthEast
Lent from a private collection 1994
architecture
church
England
England, South East
England, Southern
features
gravestone / tomb
graveyard
objects
Petworth, St Mary’s Church
places
religious
religious and ceremonial
spire
stonework
Sussex - non-specific
Sussex, West
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>As his inscription shows, Turner made this watercolour at the age of seventeen. He was already active as a drawing master, and the watercolour evidently served as a model for an inidentified pupil. Turner kept the pupil's version of the subject (shown alongside). The church was once thought to be Stoke Poges but is now correctly identified. Later, in the 1820s, Turner became a regular visitor to Petworth, the Sussex estate of his patron and friend Lord Egremont.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
4 July 2002 – 29 September 2002
2002-09-29
4 July 2002 – 29 September 2002
2002-09-29
2002-07-04
National Trust: Petworth House (Petworth, UK)
2002-07-04
Turner at Petworth
Loan-out
1 January 2013 – 31 March 2013
2013-03-31
1 January 2013 – 31 March 2013
2013-03-31
2013-01-01
National Trust (Petworth, West Sussex)
2013-01-01
Turner's Sussex
Loan-out
Petworth Church from the North-East
Support: 267 × 210 mm
Framed: 532 × 463 mm
Lent from a private collection 1994
<p>As his inscription shows, Turner made this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> at the age of seventeen. He was already active as a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> master, and the watercolour evidently served as a model for an inidentified pupil. Turner kept the pupil's version of the subject (shown alongside). The church was once thought to be Stoke Poges but is now correctly identified. Later, in the 1820s, Turner became a regular visitor to Petworth, the Sussex estate of his patron and friend Lord Egremont.</p>
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architecture church England England, South East England, Southern features gravestone / tomb graveyard objects Petworth, St Mary’s Church places religious religious and ceremonial spire stonework Sussex - non-specific Sussex, West townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions