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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Wey, Guildford Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner St Catherine's Hill, near Guildford, from the North near Guildford Mills 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘St Catherine's Hill, near Guildford, from the North near Guildford Mills’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 116 Verso:
St Catherine’s Hill, near Guildford, from the North near Guildford Mills 1805
D06318
Turner Bequest XCVIII 116a
Pencil on white laid paper, 117 x 182 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view is taken from within Guildford itself, from near the bottom of the High Street and across Guildford Mills, the industrial part of the town including a water-pumping station and iron foundry. For a closer view of St Catherine’s, as Turner approached along the Wey from Guildford, see folio 115 verso of the sketchbook (D06316).

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘St Catherine’s Hill, near Guildford, from the North near Guildford Mills 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2008, 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-st-catherines-hill-near-guildford-from-the-north-near-r1130502, accessed 24 April 2024.