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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches from a Moving Carriage 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches from a Moving Carriage’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 88 Recto:
Sketches from a Moving Carriage 1824
D19722
Turner Bequest CCXVI 87
Pencil on white wove paper, 118 x 78 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Gra[...]’ top centre towards left; ‘Fou[...]’ bottom left
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘87’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–87’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner records a river valley with boats in the uppermost sketch and a town in the central view. The artist likely took these drawings on his journey from Luxembourg to Trier by diligence.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Sketches from a Moving Carriage 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, 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-sketches-from-a-moving-carriage-r1174513, accessed 19 September 2024.