'Building on Rock', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Building on Rock

From Coast of Genoa Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCXXXII

Date 1828

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 159 x 98 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D21319

Turner Bequest CCXXXII 30 a

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Subject

nature (37,443)

landscape (24,053)

rocky (2,750)

Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1820s

Coast of Genoa Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest