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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Return from Italy Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Hills 1820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Hills’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Recto:
?Hills 1820
D16723
Turner Bequest CXCII 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 128 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CXCII 42’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains a very rough and slight sketch. The subject is unidentified although it appears to represent a steep hill or cliff face.

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘?Hills 1820 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-hills-r1142623, accessed 26 April 2024.