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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner River and Distant Hills with a House on the Left 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘River and Distant Hills with a House on the Left’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
River and Distant Hills with a House on the Left 1824
D20143
Turner Bequest CCXVIII 5
Watercolour, pencil and chalk on white wove paper, 220 x 291 mm
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘5’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVIII–5’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This cursory pencil sketch, rendered almost invisible against the dark grey wash, shows a river scene with a house, only just distinguishable, on the left. Veil-like streaks of chalk mimic cirrus clouds over the hills in the distance as well as the reflective surface of the water.
Technical notes:
There are black speckles running vertically from the upper register to the bottom towards the right.
Verso:
Blank

Alice Rylance-Watson
December 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘River and Distant Hills with a House on the Left 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-river-and-distant-hills-with-a-house-on-the-left-r1174881, accessed 20 May 2024.