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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?View amidst the Hills of the Campi Flegrei 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?View amidst the Hills of the Campi Flegrei’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 76 Recto:
?View amidst the Hills of the Campi Flegrei 1819
D15705
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 74
Pencil on white wove paper, 122 x 197 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘281’ top left, inverted and ‘74’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXIV 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 view amongst the hills of the Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean or Burning Fields) near Lake Agnano.

Nicola Moorby
June 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘?View amidst the Hills of the Campi Flegrei 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-view-amidst-the-hills-of-the-campi-flegrei-r1138166, accessed 26 April 2024.