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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bonshaw Tower in an Extensive Landscape 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bonshaw Tower in an Extensive Landscape’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 176 Verso:
Bonshaw Tower in an Extensive Landscape 1801
D03255
Turner Bequest LVI 174a
Pencil on white wove paper, 184 x 114 mm
Partial watermark ‘C Wi | 17’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is continued on folio 177 recto opposite (D03256; Turner Bequest LVI 175). This is a similar view to that on folios 175 verso–176 recto (D03253–D03254; Turner Bequest LVI 173a–174), but taken from slightly closer to the subject and farther down the hill.
For other drawings of the tower, see under D03253.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Bonshaw Tower in an Extensive Landscape 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-bonshaw-tower-in-an-extensive-landscape-r1179451, accessed 19 April 2024.