'Albano: A Ruined Building', Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin

Artwork details

Artists

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Thomas Girtin (1775‑1802)

Title

Albano: A Ruined Building

From Album of Copies of Italian Views for Dr Thomas Monro

Date c.1794-8

MediumInk wash and watercolour on paper

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D36458

Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 45

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Thomas Girtin 1775–1802

Folio 45 Recto:

Albano: A Ruined Building c.1794–8

D36458
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 45

Pencil and grey and blue wash on white wove paper, 242 x 185 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 495 x 363 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘45’ on mount, bottom right, descending vertically
Inscribed in a later hand in pencil ‘“at Albano”’ on mount, bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIII – 45’ on mount, bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The work is mounted with the album page turned vertically.

Verso:

Blank (laid down); the inscription (probably by Thomas Girtin in pencil) noted by Finberg and transcribed as the work’s title, ‘At Albano’, is no longer apparent.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

Read this catalogue entry in full

This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.