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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Building and River 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Building and River’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Building and River 1831
D25714
Turner Bequest CCLXV 40
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘40’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 40’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A very slight sketch of a ruin with the curve of a river in the foreground, there is little to go on to help identify this sketch.

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Building and River 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-building-and-river-r1134078, accessed 19 September 2024.