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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin A River among Rocky Cliffs, with a Castle c.1797

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin, ‘A River among Rocky Cliffs, with a Castle’ c.1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
A River among Rocky Cliffs, with a Castle c.1797
D36551
Turner Bequest CCCLXXV 30
Pencil and grey and blue wash on white wove paper, 241 x 350 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXV – 30’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Provenance:
Probably commissioned by Dr Thomas Monro
Monro’s posthumous sale, Christie’s, London, 26–28 June and 1–2 July 1833 (day and lot number not known)
Bought by or on behalf of Turner
This was probably copied from a sketch or watercolour by John Robert Cozens (1752–1797); the pencil underdrawing is very possibly by Turner.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A River among Rocky Cliffs, with a Castle c.1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin’, 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-thomas-girtin-a-river-among-rocky-cliffs-with-a-castle-r1141287, accessed 22 December 2024.