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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Part of a Mountain 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Part of a Mountain’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 49 Recto:
Part of a Mountain 1799
D02068
Turner Bequest XLVI 49
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a pale buff ground, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘49’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 49’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This unfinished study was made with the page turned horizontally.
Technical note:
The top right corner has been torn and made up.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Part of a Mountain 1799 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-part-of-a-mountain-r1179927, accessed 09 May 2024.