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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales and Isle of Wight 1795-1800 > Isle of Wight Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mottistone Mill, Isle of Wight 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mottistone Mill, Isle of Wight’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 39 Recto:
Mottistone Mill, Isle of Wight 1795
D00446
Turner Bequest XXIV 38
Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 204 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Mottestone Mill’ and ‘Broken G’ towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘38’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXIV 38’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s note on the flyleaf (D41250) indicates that John Landseer commissioned a watercolour of this subject, but no watercolour is known, and the subject was not engraved. The mill has been converted into a private residence.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Mottistone Mill, Isle of Wight 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-mottistone-mill-isle-of-wight-r1141024, accessed 26 April 2024.