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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Wooded Cliff with a Building among Trees 1798-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Wooded Cliff with a Building among Trees’ 1798-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Verso:
A Wooded Cliff with a Building among Trees 1798–9
D01755
Turner Bequest XLII 80
Pencil on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Watermark ‘5’
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 80’ top right, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the drawing is continued on folio 41 recto opposite (D01756; Turner Bequest XLI 81). It is a very slight sketch which is difficult to interpret.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Wooded Cliff with a Building among Trees 1798–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-wooded-cliff-with-a-building-among-trees-r1173951, accessed 25 April 2024.