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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Richmond Hill; Hastings to Margate ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Low Sun over a River; Buildings c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Low Sun over a River; Buildings’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Low Sun over a River; Buildings circa 1816–19
D10440
Turner Bequest CXL 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 155 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Cold Dusky’ within upper image, left, and with colour notes, ‘W’, ‘B’, ‘G’, ‘Grey’ &c above it
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘16’ top left, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXL 16’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The river is presumably the Thames.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Low Sun over a River; Buildings c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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/joseph-mallord-william-turner-low-sun-over-a-river-buildings-r1131423, accessed 20 September 2024.