Joseph Mallord William Turner

Mountains in the Lake District

1831

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 74 x 94 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D25577
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 28

Catalogue entry

Continued from folio 27 verso (D25577) with the sketchbook inverted is a sketch of a lake surrounded by mountains which are reflected in the water, perhaps Derwentwater, though other possibilities have also been raised. It is uncertain what Turner intended to signify by several ‘x’ shapes at the water’s edge.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

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