'Radley Hall from the North-East', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Radley Hall from the North-East

From Oxford Sketchbook

Turner Bequest II

Date c.1789

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 160 x 249 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00028

Turner Bequest II 14

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 14 Recto:

Radley Hall from the North-East c.1789

D00028
Turner Bequest II 14

Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Squared for transfer and inscribed by Turner in pencil with numerals ‘1’ to ‘12’ along left and top edges of grid
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘14’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 14’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

An additional line is ruled diagonally from the top of the vertical at the left front of the house down through the trees on the right, and calibrated perhaps to indicate the disposition of dentils on the cornice of the house. Turner used a similar composition for his finished watercolour of the house from the north-west (Tate D00048; Turner Bequest III C).

Verso:

Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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