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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cottage by a Road, with Mountains Beyond 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cottage by a Road, with Mountains Beyond’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 49 Recto:
A Cottage by a Road, with Mountains Beyond 1798
D01287
Turner Bequest XXXVIII 35
Pencil on white wove paper, 229 x 332 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘35’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXVIII 35’ bottom left, descending vertically
This drawing may have been done in the region of Cader Idris, or, perhaps more likely, on the way up the Nantcol valley to Maes-y-garnedd; see folio 52 recto (D01349; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 95).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Cottage by a Road, with Mountains Beyond 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-cottage-by-a-road-with-mountains-beyond-r1173187, accessed 25 April 2024.