Joseph Mallord William Turner

Mountains and Buildings, ?South of France or Italy

c.1830

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Medium
Chalk on paper
Dimensions
Support: 140 × 190 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D24986
Turner Bequest CCLXI 14

Catalogue entry

This is one of a large number of sketches on loose sheets of paper depicting hill towns, wooded scenery and rocky coastal terrain, here identified with Turner’s various tours of South of France and Italy. For the grouping and dating of these works, see the section introduction.
Verso:
A note in pencil on the lower edge of the sheet reading ‘D24986’.Vestiges of white paper or card stuck to the edges, presumably from an earlier mount. Strips of fine white paper reinforce the edges. Light brown stains across the sheet.

John Chu
June 2015

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