'Ruins and Walls by a River', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Ruins and Walls by a River

From Derbyshire Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CVI

Date 1808

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 108 x 185 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D07229

Turner Bequest CVI 76 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 79 Verso:

Ruins and Walls by a River 1808

D07229
Turner Bequest CVI 76a

Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. See note to folio 75 verso (D07221; Turner Bequest CVI 72a), probably showing the same building. The subject extends very slightly to the left on folio 80 (D07230).

David Blayney Brown
July 2010

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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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Geographic location

British Isles

Southern England

Surrey

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Derbyshire Sketchbook

Tate Collection

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Joseph Mallord William TurnerRuins and Walls by a River 1808

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