Joseph Mallord William Turner

Study of a Cascade, Tivoli

1819

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Tivoli Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 253 × 200 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D41398

Catalogue entry

The rough nature of the faint pencil sketch on this page makes the details of the subject difficult to identify. However, it appears to represent ruins or rocks in a landscape with one of the cascades for which Tivoli is famous visible near the top left-hand corner.

Nicola Moorby
February 2010

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