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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ruined Castle on a Hill, Seen through Trees 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ruined Castle on a Hill, Seen through Trees’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
A Ruined Castle on a Hill, Seen through Trees 1801
D05119
Turner Bequest LXXXII 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 161 x 256 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘39’ bottom right, descending vertically
Blind–stamped with Turner Bequest monogram below right of centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXII – 42’ 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 a note on the subject, see under folio 40 recto (D05117).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Ruined Castle on a Hill, Seen through Trees 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-a-ruined-castle-on-a-hill-seen-through-trees-r1178688, accessed 27 April 2024.