'Mottistone Mill, Isle of Wight', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Mottistone Mill, Isle of Wight

From Isle of Wight Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XXIV

Date 1795

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 264 x 204 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00446

Turner Bequest XXIV 38

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 39 Recto:

Mottistone Mill, Isle of Wight 1795

D00446
Turner Bequest XXIV 38

Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 204 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Mottestone Mill’ and ‘Broken G’ towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘38’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXIV 38’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Turner’s note on the flyleaf (D41250) indicates that John Landseer commissioned a watercolour of this subject, but no watercolour is known, and the subject was not engraved. The mill has been converted into a private residence.

Verso:

Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

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.