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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study for 'The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire' 1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for 'The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire'’ 1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 101 Verso:
Study for ‘The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire’ 1816
D11032
Turner Bequest CXLIV 101a
Pencil on white wove paper, 97 x 154 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For historical studies in this sketchbook see Introduction and notes to folio 95 verso (D11023). This example provided the basis of the painting The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire (Tate N00499),1 which Turner exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1817. It is interesting to find Turner planning ahead to his next major Academic statement, whilst in the midst of one of his most exercising topographical projects. It is possible that he discussed his forthcoming project with Walter Fawkes whilst in Yorkshire in 1816.

David Hill
January 2009

1
Butlin and Joll 1984, pp.100–1 no.135 (pl.137).

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Study for ‘The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire’ 1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-for-the-decline-of-the-carthaginian-empire-r1144221, accessed 16 April 2024.