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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures on a Cliff Road 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures on a Cliff Road’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 83 Verso:
Figures on a Cliff Road 1795
D00549
Turner Bequest XXV 83a
Pencil on white wove paper, 130 x 205 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is the same subject as that on folio 82 verso (D00547), more loosely drawn, and with the addition of two figures in a carriage appearing over the brow of the hill.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Figures on a Cliff Road 1795 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-figures-on-a-cliff-road-r1140870, accessed 20 September 2024.