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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Erotica and Improvisations c.1834-6 > Fishing at the Weir Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant Buildings and a Wooded Hill, with a Stormy Sky c.1834-6

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant Buildings and a Wooded Hill, with a Stormy Sky’ c.1834-6
Folio 15 Recto:
Distant Buildings and a Wooded Hill, with a Stormy Sky c.1834–6
D27751
Turner Bequest CCLXXXI 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 101 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[...]’ top left, ‘[?1 Thunder] Cloud’ top right, and ‘[?L...]’ below centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXXI – 15’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Rural buildings are seen among trees with a wooded hillside beyond, under threatening clouds. There are numerous unidentified landscapes in this sketchbook, as set out in the Introduction; a similar study with a square feature towards the left is on folio 24 verso (D27770), and apparently shows the same view. Some may have been recorded in the vicinity of the scenes of fishing at a weir which begin on folio 15 verso (D27752).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Distant Buildings and a Wooded Hill, with a Stormy Sky c.1834–6’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/distant-buildings-and-a-wooded-hill-with-a-stormy-sky-r1149113, accessed 21 November 2024.