Joseph Mallord William Turner

Ruined Tower on Hill

1839

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Cochem to Coblenz - Home Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 100 × 156 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D28630
Turner Bequest CCXCI 48

Catalogue entry

This sketch shows the ruin of a tower atop a hill overlooking a town in the distance to the right. It is likely, given the appearance of the spires and domed building shown here, that Turner recorded the same landmarks but from a different perspective on Tate D28633; Turner Bequest CCXCI 49a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2013

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