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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A High Mountain Seen beyond a Valley 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A High Mountain Seen beyond a Valley’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Recto:
A High Mountain Seen beyond a Valley 1798
D01397
Turner Bequest XXXIX 42
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Glynn’ towards bottom left, and ‘P’, ‘C’, ‘[?CD]’ and ‘X’ at various points in the drawing
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXXIX 42’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing, made with the page turned horizontally, has elements in common with a watercolour in the contemporary Hereford Court sketchbook (Tate D01349; Turner Bequest XXXVIII 95): the broad, apparently cultivated valley beneath a large mountain, and substantial farm buildings in the foreground. However, the shape of the mountain is somewhat different in each.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A High Mountain Seen beyond a Valley 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-high-mountain-seen-beyond-a-valley-r1173628, accessed 19 April 2024.