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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > North Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A House Overlooking a River and Valley, with Mountains Beyond 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A House Overlooking a River and Valley, with Mountains Beyond’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
A House Overlooking a River and Valley, with Mountains Beyond 1798
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Turner Bequest XXXIX 3
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?W]’ bottom right, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘3’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 3’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject, drawn with the page turned horizontally, remains unidentified.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A House Overlooking a River and Valley, with Mountains Beyond 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-house-overlooking-a-river-and-valley-with-mountains-beyond-r1173584, accessed 24 November 2024.