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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Classical Architecture; Buildings on a Hill c.1815-17

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Classical Architecture; Buildings on a Hill’ c.1815-17
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Verso:
Classical Architecture; Buildings on a Hill circa 1815–17
D10638
Turner Bequest CXLI 31a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 88 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For ideas for classical architecture in this sketchbook see note to folio 30 verso (D10636) and to folios 32 verso–33 (D10640–D10641) for the possible connection with The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire (Tate N00499)1 exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1817. The recto and folio 32 (D10637, D10639) have other sketches for buildings on a steep hill, perhaps related to the right background of the picture.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

1
Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner, revised ed.1984, New Haven and London 1984, pp.100–1 no.135 (pl.137).

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Classical Architecture; Buildings on a Hill c.1815–17 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-classical-architecture-buildings-on-a-hill-r1131691, accessed 19 April 2024.