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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Richmond Hill c.1816-19

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Recto:
?Richmond Hill circa 1816–19
D10540
Turner Bequest CXL 66b
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘66B’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXL 66 B’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a very slight sketch and the subject is unidentified. However, in the current foliation of the sketchbook it rests between views of Winchelsea from the direction of Hastings and others of Richmond Hill. The latter subject seems more likely to this writer.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Richmond Hill 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-richmond-hill-r1131534, accessed 29 March 2024.