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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Virginia Water, with the Clockcase in the Distance c.1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Virginia Water, with the Clockcase in the Distance’ c.1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 89 Verso:
Virginia Water, with the Clockcase in the Distance c.1827
D22144
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 87a
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Partial watermark ‘nard | 20’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a slight continuation of trees on the south side of Virginia Water; the main part of the view is on folio 90 recto opposite (D22145; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 88), where the Clockcase folly tower is seen on the skyline.
For other views around Virginia Water, see under folio 73 verso (D22113; Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 71a).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Virginia Water, with the Clockcase in the Distance c.1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-virginia-water-with-the-clockcase-in-the-distance-r1148785, accessed 24 April 2024.