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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > European River and Lowland Scenes > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rocky Landscape c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rocky Landscape’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Rocky Landscape c.1824
D20417
Turner Bequest CCXXIV 118
Pencil on blue wove paper, 139 x 192 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXXIV 118’ top left upside down
Inscribed in pencil ‘53’ towards bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A few pencil strokes describe rocky forms in a landscape.
For the grouping and dating of these works, see the section Introduction.
Verso:
Blank except for inscription. Inscribed in pencil ‘118’ top left, ascending vertically.

Ben Pollitt
August 2019

How to cite

Ben Pollitt, ‘Rocky Landscape 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-rocky-landscape-r1202130, accessed 09 May 2024.