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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner A House or Chapel on a Hill 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 78 Recto:
A House or Chapel on a Hill 1798
D01590
Turner Bequest XL 76
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘76’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XL – 76’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this drawing continues on folio 77 verso (D01589; Turner Bequest XL 75a), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A House or Chapel on a Hill 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-house-or-chapel-on-a-hill-r1173829, accessed 28 March 2024.