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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Albano, Nemi, Rome Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruined Arches, ?Rome 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruined Arches, ?Rome’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Verso:
Ruined Arches, ?Rome 1819
D15379
Turner Bequest CLXXXII 44 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The rough schematic drawing appears to depict an architectural feature with arches, possibly a bridge or an aqueduct. A similar sketch can be found on folio 44 (D15378).

Nicola Moorby
May 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Ruined Arches, ?Rome 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2008, 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-ruined-arches-rome-r1132674, accessed 25 April 2024.