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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner A West Country Church on a Hill above a Village and Watermill 1811

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 235 Verso:
A West Country Church on a Hill above a Village and Watermill 1811
D08778
Turner Bequest CXXIII 232a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Despite its relatively detailed treatment, the subject of this West Country sketch remains unidentified.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A West Country Church on a Hill above a Village and Watermill 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2011, 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-a-west-country-church-on-a-hill-above-a-village-and-r1137257, accessed 19 September 2024.