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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Tower or Mill and Houses beside a River, with Figures in Small Boats c.1829-30

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Tower or Mill and Houses beside a River, with Figures in Small Boats’ c.1829-30
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
A Tower or Mill and Houses beside a River, with Figures in Small Boats c.1829–30
D22559
Turner Bequest CCXLII 2
Pencil on white laid paper, 75 x 129 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ top right, ascending vertically (now very faint)
Stamped in black ‘CCXLII – 2’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, figures are seen in boats on a river, with buildings beyond including what may be a mill with an overhanging top storey. The structure on the right is unclear, but may be a bridge seen in steep perspective. The subject is presumably related to that on folio 1 verso opposite (D22558). The only other rural views identified in this sketchbook show Surrey (see the Introduction).
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Matthew Imms
May 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Tower or Mill and Houses beside a River, with Figures in Small Boats c.1829–30 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-tower-or-mill-and-houses-beside-a-river-with-figures-in-r1148335, accessed 20 May 2024.