Joseph Mallord William Turner

A River Valley, with Hills Beyond

1801

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Helmsley Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 112 × 162 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D02521
Turner Bequest LIII 36

Catalogue entry

This may be a view of the valley of the River Till, with beyond it the Cheviot (816 metres; 2677 feet), which gives its name to the range of hills to the west of Wooler that dominate the landscape of northern Northumberland. See also folio 37 verso (D02524).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

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