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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Richmond Hill; The River Thames and Petersham Meadows from Nightingale Lane c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Richmond Hill; The River Thames and Petersham Meadows from Nightingale Lane’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Recto:
Richmond Hill; The River Thames and Petersham Meadows from Nightingale Lane circa 1816–19
D10542
Turner Bequest CXL 67
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘67’ top left, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXL 67’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg’s ‘lake’ is the River Thames, seen on the right, with the Petersham meadows to its left. There is a faint indication of a wall on the left, perhaps that of The Wick, for which see folios 86 verso and 87of this sketchbook (D10565, D10566; Turner Bequest CXL 78a, 79), indicating that the view was taken from the top of Nightingale Lane.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Richmond Hill; The River Thames and Petersham Meadows from Nightingale Lane c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-richmond-hill-the-river-thames-and-petersham-meadows-from-r1131536, accessed 31 January 2025.