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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales ... > Derbyshire Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruins by a River 1808

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins by a River’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Verso:
Ruins by a River 1808
D07221
Turner Bequest CVI 72a
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. The subject is unidentified. The building, which seems to lack a roof, looks more like a house than an abbey. It stands behind a wall with a river in the foreground. It is probably also drawn on folios 76 verso, 77 verso and 79 verso (D07223, D07225, D07229; Turner Bequest CVI 73a, 74a, 76a).

David Blayney Brown
July 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Ruins by a River 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2010, 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-ruins-by-a-river-r1129645, accessed 22 September 2024.