Graphite on paper
Drawings Made on the Midland Tour
Drawings Made on the Midland Tour
Midlands 1794-1802
Midlands 1794-1802
Cambridgeshire
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>
Ely Cathedral Interior Octagon
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
arch
architecture
Cambridgeshire
cathedral
congregation
East Anglia
Ely, Ely Cathedral
England
England, East
features
figure
Gothic
groups
interiors
medieval
people
periods and styles
places
religious
Romanesque
roof
screen
stonework
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>This impressive view seems to have been drawn entirely freehand: there are no vanishing points and Turner does not even seem to have used a ruler.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 1992</em></p>
paper unique graphite
3 November 2006 – 21 May 2007
2007-05-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-11-03
Drawing from Turner
Collection based display
8 February 2013 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
8 February 2013 – 19 May 2013
2013-05-19
2013-02-08
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
4 June 2013 – 8 September 2013
2013-09-08
2013-06-04
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australia)
8 October 2013 – 18 December 2013
2013-12-18
2013-10-08
Toyko Metropolitan Art Museum (Toyko, Japan)
1 January 2014 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
2014-01-01
Kobe City Museum (Kobe, Japan)
2013-02-08
J.M.W. Turner: Makings of a Master
Loan-out
Ely Cathedral: The Interior of the Octagon
support: 772 × 588 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 impressive view seems to have been drawn entirely freehand: there are no vanishing points and Turner does not even seem to have used a ruler.</p>
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Catalogue entry
2012-12-05T00:00:00
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