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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > North Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner View across Flat Country (with an Estuary?) towards a Hill with a Column at its Summit 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View across Flat Country (with an Estuary?) towards a Hill with a Column at its Summit’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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View across Flat Country (with an Estuary?) towards a Hill with a Column at its Summit 1798
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Turner Bequest XXXIX 83v
Pencil on rough white laid printing paper washed with a pink ground, 170 x 266 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Despite the landmark on the hill, the location of the subject remains unidentified.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View across Flat Country (with an Estuary?) towards a Hill with a Column at its Summit 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-view-across-flat-country-with-an-estuary-towards-a-hill-with-r1173678, accessed 23 September 2024.