Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<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>
Lecture Diagram 65 Interior a Prison
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
arch
architecture
ceiling
corbel
door
emotions, concepts and ideas
features
figure
formal qualities
heating and lighting
interiors
light / lamp
natural phenomena
objects
people
perspective
prison
public and municipal
shadow
<p>This drawing is one of a series which Turner made to illustrate the lectures he delivered as Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy, a post held between 1807 and 1828. The influence of Piranesi's etchings is at its most pronounced here. The Italian printmaker's fantastical images of the imposing architecture of ancient Rome became very popular in Britain during the second half of the eighteenth century, and Turner had been engaged to copy some examples during the mid-1790s. In a particularly remarkable series,'I Carceri' (The Prisons), Piranesi grimly depicted the interiors of imaginary prisons. Here Turner adapted this Sublime genre to demonstrate the behaviour of shadows to his audience.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique gouache graphite watercolour
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-08
Nature and the Ideal; England c.1805-15
Collection based display
6 August 2010 – 9 April 2012
2012-04-09
6 August 2010 – 9 April 2012
2012-04-09
2010-08-06
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-08-06
Romanticism Introduction
Collection based display
21 March 2018 – 10 January 2021
2021-01-10
21 March 2018 – 26 August 2018
2018-08-26
2018-03-21
Chiostro del Bramante (Rome, Italy)
http://www.chiostrodelbramante.it/
24 September 2018 – 17 February 2019
2019-02-17
2018-09-24
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
26 March 2019 – 28 July 2019
2019-07-28
2019-03-26
Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda (Santiago, Chile)
1 October 2019 – 28 February 2020
2020-02-28
2019-10-01
Mystic Seaport Museum (Mystic, USA)
2018-03-21
Turner Watercolours
Tate partnerships & programmes
8 June 2021 – 14 January 2024
2024-01-14
8 July 2021 – 14 November 2021
2021-11-14
2021-07-08
Museum of Art Pudong (Shanghai, China)
20 December 2021 – 8 May 2022
2022-05-08
2021-12-20
Buk-Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, South Korea)
25 February 2023 – 25 June 2023
2023-06-25
2023-02-25
Auckland Art Gallery (Auckland, New Zealand)
12 July 2023 – 2 October 2023
2023-10-02
2023-07-12
National Art Center (Tokyo, Japan)
26 October 2023 – 14 January 2024
2024-01-14
2023-10-26
Nakanoshima Museum of Art (Osaka, Japan)
2021-06-08
Light
Tate partnerships & programmes
Lecture Diagram 65: Interior of a Prison
support: 487 × 687 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> is one of a series which Turner made  to illustrate the lectures he delivered as  Professor of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/perspective" title="Glossary definition for 'Perspective'"><span>Perspective</span></a> at the Royal Academy, a  post held between 1807 and 1828. The influence of  Piranesi's <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/etching" title="Glossary definition for 'Etching'"><span>etchings</span></a> is at its most pronounced  here. The Italian <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>printmaker</span></a>'s fantastical images  of the imposing architecture of ancient Rome  became very popular in Britain during the second  half of the eighteenth century, and Turner had  been engaged to copy some examples during the  mid-1790s. In a particularly remarkable series,'I  Carceri' (The Prisons), Piranesi grimly depicted  the interiors of imaginary prisons. Here Turner  adapted 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/s/sublime" title="Glossary definition for 'Sublime'"><span>Sublime</span></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/g/genres" title="Glossary definition for 'Genres'"><span>genre</span></a> to demonstrate the  behaviour of shadows to his audience.</p>
Display caption
2004-09-10T00:00:00
display-caption
DISPLAY_CAPTION
/art/ajax/research-text/art/artworks/turner-lecture-diagram-65-interior-of-a-prison-d17090/TURNER_CATALOGUE_TEXT_WORK
Catalogue entry
catalogue-entry-xml
TURNER_CATALOGUE_TEXT_WORK
adults arch architecture ceiling corbel door emotions, concepts and ideas features figure formal qualities heating and lighting interiors light / lamp natural phenomena objects people perspective prison public and municipal shadow
CXCV 120