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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape; ?Village and Hills in the Distance c.1807-10

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Landscape; ?Village and Hills in the Distance’ c.1807-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Recto:
Landscape; ?Village and Hills in the Distance circa 1807–10
D05351
Turner Bequest LXXXVI 1
Pencil on white wove paper, 258 x 370 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘1’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXXVI 1’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This very slight sketch shows an extensive rolling landscape with some buildings including a church tower in the middle distance. It was probably drawn near Cassiobury Park or Watford, but is not so far identified.
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David Blayney Brown
December 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Landscape; ?Village and Hills in the Distance c.1807–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2009, 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-landscape-village-and-hills-in-the-distance-r1133581, accessed 21 November 2024.