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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > North Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A River with Mountains Beyond, and a House among Trees 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River with Mountains Beyond, and a House among Trees’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
A River with Mountains Beyond, and a House among Trees 1798
D01359
Turner Bequest XXXIX 4
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘4’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 4’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject, drawn with the page turned horizontally, remains unidentified.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A River with Mountains Beyond, and a House among Trees 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-river-with-mountains-beyond-and-a-house-among-trees-r1173585, accessed 21 November 2024.