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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales ... > Tabley No.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A River, with Distant Hills 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River, with Distant Hills’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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A River, with Distant Hills 1808
D06889
Turner Bequest CIV 26a
Pencil on white laid paper, 98 x 162 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. The subject is unidentified, but see Introduction to the sketchbook for Turner’s excursion into North Wales from Tabley in 1808.

David Blayney Brown
May 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A River, with Distant Hills 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, 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-a-river-with-distant-hills-r1133645, accessed 20 April 2024.