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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner River Scene circa 1809-11

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘River Scene’ circa 1809-11
Folio 72 Recto:
River Scene circa 1809–11
D07707
Turner Bequest CXI 72
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 110 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘water dark blue weeds | Boys splashing at Fish’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘72’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXI 72’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued on folio 71 of the sketchbook (D07706), this is perhaps a scene on the River Rother.
Verso:
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David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘River Scene c.1809–11’, catalogue entry, May 2011, 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/river-scene-r1131194, accessed 26 April 2024.