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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Tour to the Alps 1836 > Val d'Aosta Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ramparts, ?Arras 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ramparts, ?Arras’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Recto:
Ramparts, ?Arras 1836
D29176
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 74
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 190 mm
Inscribed, possibly by John Ruskin, in blue ink ‘74’ top right and ‘320’ bottom right
Stamped in brown ‘CCXCIII 74’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These ramparts, overlooking a valley, are perhaps at Arras as sketched on adjacent pages of the sketchbook.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Ramparts, ?Arras 1836 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ramparts-arras-r1144724, accessed 19 September 2024.