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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Rocky Cliffs, Seen from Below 1798-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rocky Cliffs, Seen from Below’ 1798-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 63 Recto:
Rocky Cliffs, Seen from Below 1798–9
D01800
Turner Bequest XLII 125
Pencil and gouache on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Tivolly]’ top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘125’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 125’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 62 verso opposite (D01799; Turner Bequest XLII 124), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Rocky Cliffs, Seen from Below 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-rocky-cliffs-seen-from-below-r1173996, accessed 24 April 2024.