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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > European River and Lowland Scenes > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Landscape View c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Landscape View’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
?Landscape View c.1824
D20338
Turner Bequest CCXXIV 46
Pencil on blue wove paper, 140 x 193 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXXIV 46’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A series of five or six marks in chalk appear on the right half of the paper indicating features in a landscape.
For the grouping and dating of these works, see the section Introduction.
Technical notes:
The sheet has suffered water damage, likely a result of the 1928 Tate Gallery flood. This has discoloured the paper and an inscription in ink in the bottom right of the verso is now illegible.
Verso:
Blank except for inscriptions. Inscribed in pencil ‘46’ vertical ascending top left. Inscribed in pencil ‘52 | O’ bottom right.

Ben Pollitt
August 2019

How to cite

Ben Pollitt, ‘?Landscape View c.1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2019, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-landscape-view-r1202095, accessed 09 May 2024.