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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Town, ?Susa, among Mountains 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Town, ?Susa, among Mountains’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
A Town, ?Susa, among Mountains 1836
D29241
Turner Bequest CCXCIV 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 104 x 148 mm
Inscribed, possibly by John Ruskin, in blue ink ‘15’ bottom right, descending vertically, and with the Turner Bequest schedule number ‘357’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in brown ‘CCXCIV 12’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains two sketches:
i. (main sketch) A town, perhaps Susa, among mountains with a fort to the left and a church to the right.
ii. (below right) A quick thumbnail sketch, again perhaps of Susa, squeezed into the remaining space on the page.
Verso:
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David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘A Town, ?Susa, among Mountains 1836 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-town-susa-among-mountains-r1144793, accessed 18 May 2024.