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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruins by a River 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins by a River’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 77 Verso:
Ruins by a River 1808
D07225
Turner Bequest CVI 74a
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Wall’, left centre, ‘corn’ just right of centre and ‘grey’ lower right of centre within image
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. See note to folio 75 verso (D07221; Turner Bequest CVI 72a), probably showing the same building.

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-r1129649, accessed 26 April 2024.