Joseph Mallord William Turner

Hills

1831

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Rokeby and Appleby Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 74 × 94 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D25587
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 33

Catalogue entry

Across this page and folios 32 verso (D22586) is a slight and rapidly executed sketch of the outline of hills. These are likely to have been made by Turner from a moving coach as he made the journey between Appleby and Barnard Castle, probably from near Brough, drawings of which follow in the sketchbook (see folios 33 verso–37 verso; D25588–D25596).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

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