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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Houses beneath a Rocky Cliff 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Houses beneath a Rocky Cliff’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Verso:
Houses beneath a Rocky Cliff 1839
D28105
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 33 a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 154 x 94 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Rock’ at top centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner has used the upper third of the sheet to take a simple sketch of a village nestled at the base of valley cliffs. He has inscribed the word ‘Rock’ within the most prominent of these precipices. The sketch briefly continues onto the folio opposite (Tate D28106; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 34).

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Houses beneath a Rocky Cliff 1839 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, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-houses-beneath-a-rocky-cliff-r1150379, accessed 25 April 2024.