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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Coniston: The Old Hall 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coniston: The Old Hall’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Recto:
Coniston: The Old Hall 1797
D01061
Turner Bequest XXXV 59
Pencil on white wove paper, 274 x 370 mm
Part watermark ‘1796’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘ditto’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 59’ bottom left, descending vertically
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this is the main entrance (north) front of the ruined house that Turner also drew on folio 73 recto (D01060; Turner Bequest XXXV 58).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed by A.J. Finberg in pencil ‘141.59’.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Coniston: The Old Hall 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-coniston-the-old-hall-r1150238, accessed 23 April 2024.