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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales ... > Tabley No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Mill among Mountains 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Mill among Mountains’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
A Mill among Mountains 1808
D06853
Turner Bequest CIII 23
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 226 x 295 mm
Stamped in black ‘CIII 23’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner probably drew this mill during his excursion into North Wales from Tabley (see Introduction to the sketchbook).
There are spots of watercolour or varnish at lower left and along the right margin.
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David Blayney Brown
May 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Mill among Mountains 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, 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-a-mill-among-mountains-r1134474, accessed 03 July 2024.