'Gordale Scar: The Waterfalls', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Gordale Scar: The Waterfalls

From Yorkshire 5 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXLVIII

Date 1816

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 173 x 260 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D11574

Turner Bequest CXLVIII 30 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Northern England

Yorkshire

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Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1810s

Yorkshire 5 Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest