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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Tivoli to Rome Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Building in Tivoli 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Building in Tivoli’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Recto:
?Building in Tivoli 1819
D15066
Turner Bequest CLXXIX 74
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 186 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘74’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXIX 74’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this sketch is currently unidentified although it probably depicts a building in Tivoli, possibly the same one represented in folio 75 verso (D15067; Turner Bequest CLXXIX 74a).

Nicola Moorby
February 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘?Building in Tivoli 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-in-tivoli-r1137702, accessed 09 May 2024.