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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Classical Composition c.1816-17

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Classical Composition’ c.1816-17
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
A Classical Composition circa 1816–17
D10347
Turner Bequest CXXXIX 4
Pencil on white wove paper, 129 x 205 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘4’ top right and ‘315’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIX 4’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See note to folio 3 of the sketchbook (D10345) which has a slighter outline of some aspects of this composition, including a statue on a pedestal. Here, Turner has added prominent trees and architecture including a bridge or aqueduct.
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David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Classical Composition c.1816–17 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-classical-composition-r1131576, accessed 22 November 2024.