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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The River Greta near Rokeby Park 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The River Greta near Rokeby Park’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Verso:
The River Greta near Rokeby Park 1831
D25543
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 10a
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook inverted is, at the top-right corner of the page, a small sketch inscribed ‘Greta’. With a tower-shape visible above the trees, this is likely to be Mortham Tower from Rokeby Park across the River Greta to the west. Also across the page is a series of lines delineating the outline of hills which continue on folio 11 (D25544). That page also contains a view near Rokeby.
For further views of Mortham Tower see folio 10 (D25542).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘The River Greta near Rokeby Park 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-the-river-greta-near-rokeby-park-r1133902, accessed 26 April 2024.