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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Rome to Rimini Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant Buildings; a ?Reservoir 1829

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant Buildings; a ?Reservoir’ 1829
Folio 8 Verso:
Distant Buildings; a ?Reservoir 1829
D14846
Turner Bequest CLXXVIII 8a
Pencil on white laid paper, 132 x 97 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘23’ towards top centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned vertically, Turner outlined a distant building in the upper margin, with a multi-arched bridge to the right. The circles and other geometrical markings in the top-right corner are difficult to decipher, but are likely architectural. Beneath is a topographical outline of what appears to be a river or reservoir, likely located along the Tiber. The body of water outlined on folio 9 recto opposite (D21847) appears to be the same location.

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Distant Buildings; a ?Reservoir 1829’, catalogue entry, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/distant-buildings-a-reservoir-r1210220, accessed 15 April 2025.