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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > European River and Lowland Scenes > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Landscape View c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Landscape View’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
?Landscape View c.1824
D40414
Pencil on blue wove paper, 282 x 192 mm
Inscribed in purple ink ‘220’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch appears on the verso of D20533 (CCXXIV 220). A curved line drawn in pencil is visible to the right of centre suggesting possibly a landscape view.
For the grouping and dating of these works, see the section Introduction.
Technical notes:
This sketch appears on one half of a large sheet bisected by the faint line of a fold; this half measures 145 x 192mm. Water damage has occurred, likely as a result of the 1928 Tate Gallery flood, causing discoloration on the right edge of the sheet.

Ben Pollitt
August 2019

How to cite

Ben Pollitt, ‘?Landscape View c.1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2019, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-landscape-view-r1202150, accessed 21 November 2024.