J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Landscape’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
Landscape 1831
D25534
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 6
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘6’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIV – 6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rather rapid sketch shows a view looking along a path at the top of a terrace or ridge, with a view of lower ground to the left. Turner’s marks are ambiguous, but several connected arches at the centre left could represent a bridge, with water represented by a wavy line beneath. Folio 5 verso (D25533) probably shows a nearby view.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Landscape 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-landscape-r1133893, accessed 18 May 2024.