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 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Landscape’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Recto:
Landscape circa 1805–9
D06390
Turner Bequest XCIX 20
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘20’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 20’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A very slight sketch, this is hard to interpret. There are trees on the right and buildings on high ground at centre, but the left foreground is vague, perhaps including water and the masts of moored boats, or more trees.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Landscape c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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-landscape-r1130583, accessed 27 April 2024.