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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Giggleswick, with Ingleborough in the Distance 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Giggleswick, with Ingleborough in the Distance’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
Giggleswick, with Ingleborough in the Distance 1808
D06834
Turner Bequest CIII 5
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 226 x 295 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Giggleswick’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CIII 5’ top left, inverted and bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As now bound in the sketchbook, the subject appears inverted.
For Turner’s visit to the Ribble Valley in 1808 see Introduction to the sketchbook. From Giggleswick the view is north-west towards Ingleborough. See also note to folio 6 (D06830; Turner Bequest CIII 1) for other subjects in the area.
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David Blayney Brown
May 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Giggleswick, with Ingleborough in the Distance 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-giggleswick-with-ingleborough-in-the-distance-r1134477, accessed 20 April 2024.