Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Ruined Castle on a Wooded Hillside

1798

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Swans Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 174 × 125 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D01747
Turner Bequest XLII 72

Catalogue entry

Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the drawing is continued on folio 37 recto opposite (D01748; Turner Bequest XLI 73). This view was presumably taken from a spot close to that of folios 34 verso–35 recto (D01743–D01744; Turner Bequest XLI 68–69), but looking up the slope towards the ruined tower.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

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