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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Cumbrian Mountains Seen from the East 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Cumbrian Mountains Seen from the East’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Recto:
The Cumbrian Mountains Seen from the East 1801
D05105
Turner Bequest LXXXII 28
Pencil on white wove paper, 161 x 256 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘25’ bottom right, descending vertically
Blind–stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘28’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXII – 28’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. For the context of the subject, see under folio 27 recto (D05104).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Cumbrian Mountains Seen from the East 1801 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-the-cumbrian-mountains-seen-from-the-east-r1178674, accessed 26 April 2024.