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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin On the River Aquacetosa c.1794-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin, ‘On the River Aquacetosa’ c.1794-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Folio 52 Recto:
On the River Aquacetosa c.1794–8
D36465
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 52
Pencil and grey and blue wash on paper, 210 x 295 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 363 x 495 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘52’ on mount, top right
Inscribed in a later hand in pencil ‘“Acqua Acetosa”’ on mount, bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIII – 52’ on mount, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of the most accomplished of the drawings in this album, in which the pencil outlines are almost invisible beneath the subtle washes. Another view on the same river, in a larger format, is Tate D36547 (Turner Bequest CCCLXXV 26).
Verso:
Blank (laid down); inscribed, probably by Thomas Girtin, in pencil ‘Acqua Acetosa’.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘On the River Aquacetosa c.1794–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-thomas-girtin-on-the-river-aquacetosa-r1140637, accessed 25 April 2024.