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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ross-on-Wye: The Town Seen from the River 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ross-on-Wye: The Town Seen from the River’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Recto:
Ross-on-Wye: The Town Seen from the River 1795
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Turner Bequest XXVI 54
Pencil on white wove paper, 203 x 264 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Ross’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 54’ bottom left, descending vertically
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
Technical notes:
The bottom left corner has been made up.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed by ?John Ruskin in pencil ‘18’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Ross-on-Wye: The Town Seen from the River 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-ross-on-wye-the-town-seen-from-the-river-r1140934, accessed 25 April 2024.