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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Work for Earls Egremont and Lonsdale ... > Petworth Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Near Petworth 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Near Petworth’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
?Near Petworth 1809
D07523
Turner Bequest CIX 11
Pencil on white wove paper, 228 x 376 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘11’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CIX 11’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is currently unidentified. An inscription in pencil, ‘Petworth’ on the verso might be in Turner’s hand and identify its location or relate it to the former sketchbook. The scenery could be Sussex downland but also has some resemblance to the Trough of Bowland near Whitewell. For views of Whitewell from this sketchbook see D07520; Turner Bequest CIX 8a.
Verso:
Blank. Inscribed ?by Turner in pencil ‘Petworth’

David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Near Petworth 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-near-petworth-r1135638, accessed 23 April 2024.