J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ruined Castle above a River, with Boats near a House in the Foreground ?1797

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ruined Castle above a River, with Boats near a House in the Foreground’ ?1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Ruined Castle above a River, with Boats near a House in the Foreground ?1797
D00854
Turner Bequest XXXI L
Pencil and grey, blue and brown wash on white wove paper, 274 x 380 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXI L’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Verso:
Blank; inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘H’; a vertical fold in the centre of the sheet.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Ruined Castle above a River, with Boats near a House in the Foreground ?1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-ruined-castle-above-a-river-with-boats-near-a-house-in-the-r1140068, accessed 23 April 2024.