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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A River among Rocks with a House in Trees and Distant High Cliffs 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River among Rocks with a House in Trees and Distant High Cliffs’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
A River among Rocks with a House in Trees and Distant High Cliffs 1794
D00232
Turner Bequest XIX 24
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘24’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XIX 24’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like the drawing on folio 24 recto (D00231; Turner Bequest XIX 23), this is probably a view on the River Derwent, in Matlock Dale, Derbyshire. The influence of Thomas Rowlandson’s (1756–1827) draughtsmanship seems particularly strong in this drawing.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A River among Rocks with a House in Trees and Distant High Cliffs 1794 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-river-among-rocks-with-a-house-in-trees-and-distant-high-r1140752, accessed 30 June 2024.