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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Buttermere Lake from the Village 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Buttermere Lake from the Village’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Recto:
Distant View of Buttermere Lake from the Village 1797
D01030
Turner Bequest XXXV 28
Pencil on white wove paper, 274 x 370 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Do’ (i.e. ditto) bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 28’ bottom left, descending vertically
The identification of the view, drawn with the page turned horizontally, was made by the mountaineer and art historian Peter Bicknell;1 it is confirmed by Turner scholar David Hill.
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Oral communication.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram, inscribed by Finberg in pencil ‘141.28’.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Distant View of Buttermere Lake from the Village 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-distant-view-of-buttermere-lake-from-the-village-r1150205, accessed 14 January 2025.