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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Snowy Hillside Seen beyond a River or Lake: Twilight c.1799-1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Snowy Hillside Seen beyond a River or Lake: Twilight’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 109 Recto:
A Snowy Hillside Seen beyond a River or Lake: Twilight c.1799–1802
D04126
Turner Bequest LXIX 110
Coloured chalks and ink on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘110’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-110’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally. Compare the winter scene on folio 110 recto (D04127; Turner Bequest LXIX 111).
Verso:
Blank; offset from folio 110 recto opposite (D04127; Turner Bequest LXIX 111); inscribed in pencil ‘754’.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Snowy Hillside Seen beyond a River or Lake: Twilight c.1799–1802 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-snowy-hillside-seen-beyond-a-river-or-lake-twilight-r1178005, accessed 19 September 2024.