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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Hills 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Hills’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 94 Recto:
?Hills 1798
D01622
Turner Bequest XL 92
Ink and pencil on white laid paper, 95 x 135 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘92’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XL – 92’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Some pen strokes of brownish grey ink may indicate hills, drawn with the page turned horizontally with the gutter at the top. If the drawing is read this way, at the bottom right and inverted relative to it, Turner has inscribed the following on pencil:
St     Bk  P
F      Br  P
MH. P
H      [?f]
W     B [?f]

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Hills 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-hills-r1173861, accessed 23 April 2024.