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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > County Durham and Northumberland 1817 > Durham, North Shore, Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant Hills, Probably on the Moors near Bowes 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant Hills, Probably on the Moors near Bowes’ 1817
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Recto:
Distant Hills, Probably on the Moors near Bowes 1817
D12384
Turner Bequest CLVII 50
Pencil on white wove paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘50’ bottom right (now very faint)
Stamped in black ‘CLVII – 50’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is the last but one of a sequence of mostly unidentified landscape sketches, most of which run from folio 27 verso (D12355) to folio 33 recto (D12366); the last is on folios 51 verso–52 recto (D12386, D12387). As discussed in the entry for folio 27 verso, they are likely to show scenes on the moors and hills around Bowes, south-west of Barnard Castle.
A profile of distant hills runs across the centre, with the outline of a building in the middle distance to the left. There is a second skyline at the top right, which may be a continuation of the right-hand end of the main view.
Technical notes:
There is a short tear to the left of centre along the top edge. Slight, dark smudges are evident towards the lower right.
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
February 2010

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Distant Hills, Probably on the Moors near Bowes 1817 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-distant-hills-probably-on-the-moors-near-bowes-r1139385, accessed 19 April 2024.