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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Entrance to a Mine among Steep Rocks 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Entrance to a Mine among Steep Rocks’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
The Entrance to a Mine among Steep Rocks 1794
D00233
Turner Bequest XIX 25
Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 111 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘High Tor | Mines’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘25’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XIX 25’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned vertically. Derbyshire was a centre of lead mining for many centuries; another study probably near the same mine is on folio 27 recto (D00234; Turner Bequest XIX 26). Other drawings of High Tor are among the loose sheets associated with the Midland tour (Tate D00340, D00341; Turner Bequest XXI M, N).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in black ink with Turner Bequest monogram below left of centre.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Entrance to a Mine among Steep Rocks 1794 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, 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-the-entrance-to-a-mine-among-steep-rocks-r1140753, accessed 26 April 2024.