'Ruined Buildings at Albano', Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin

Artwork details

Artists

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Thomas Girtin (1775‑1802)

Title

Ruined Buildings at Albano

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

D36433

Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 20

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Thomas Girtin 1775–1802

Folio 20 Recto:

Ruined Buildings at Albano c.1794–8

D36433
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 20

Pencil and grey and grey-blue wash on white wove paper, 216 x 272 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 363 x 495 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘20’ on mount, top right
Inscribed in a later hand in pencil ‘“at Albano”’ on mount, bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIII – 20’ on mount, bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

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.