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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Watermill 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Watermill’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 34 Recto:
A Watermill 1795
D00441
Turner Bequest XXIV 33
Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 204 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXIV 33’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Dearden suggests that this shows Ford Mill, Whitwell, Isle of Wight. Whitwell is a small village inland from St Lawrence, outside Ventnor (see folio 30 recto; D00437; Turner Bequest XXIV 29); the mill is not extant.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Watermill 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-a-watermill-r1141019, accessed 20 September 2024.