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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketch of a Tower Taken from a Moving Coach 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketch of a Tower Taken from a Moving Coach’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Recto:
Sketch of a Tower Taken from a Moving Coach 1831
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Turner Bequest CCLXIV 14
Pencil on white wove paper, 94 x 74 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner [illegible]
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘14’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIV – 14’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This very rough sketch with shapes suggesting hills, water and perhaps a tower at the centre has not been identified. It must have been made on the move, probably from a moving coach, perhaps during the journey from the Lake District to Rokeby, or around Hawick.

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Sketch of a Tower Taken from a Moving Coach 1831 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-sketch-of-a-tower-taken-from-a-moving-coach-r1133909, accessed 20 April 2024.