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 Landscape with Houses and a Road c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Landscape with Houses and a Road’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Landscape with Houses and a Road c.1824
D20533
Turner Bequest CCXXIV 220
Pencil on blue wove paper, 282 x 192 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXXIV 220’ bottom left, descending vertically
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The faintness of this sketch renders the subject difficult to read. There are possibly two views depicted here: one towards the top of the sheet, which appears to describe trees and houses in a landscape and one in the middle, which includes a road and some trees.
There is a sketch of an unrelated subject on the verso (D40414).
For the grouping and dating of these works, see the section Introduction.
Technical notes:
This sketch appears on one half of a large sheet bisected by the faint line of a fold; this half measures 145 x 192mm. Water damage has occurred, likely as a result of the 1928 Tate Gallery flood, causing discoloration on the right edge of the sheet.

Ben Pollitt
August 2019

How to cite

Ben Pollitt, ‘Landscape with Houses and a Road 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-with-houses-and-a-road-r1202149, accessed 09 May 2024.