'?Ruins and Foliage', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

?Ruins and Foliage

From Bristol and Malmesbury Sketchbook

Turner Bequest VI

Date 1791

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 263 x 185 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00085

Turner Bequest VI 11

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 11 Recto:

?Ruins and Foliage 1791

D00085
Turner Bequest VI 11

Pencil on white wove paper, 263 x 185 mm
Stamped in black ‘VI 11’ top right, ascending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The context suggests that, as Finberg conjectured, the study was made at Malmesbury. It seems to show part of a wall seen through a ruined opening. The drawing was made with the sketchbook turned vertically.

Technical notes:

The missing top right-hand corner has been made up.

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.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Southern England

Wiltshire

Sketchbooks

1787-1801 Student and master

Sketchbooks from the 1790s

Bristol and Malmesbury Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

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