J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Brierley Hill from Netherton Hill 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brierley Hill from Netherton Hill’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
Brierley Hill from Netherton Hill 1830
D22022
Turner Bequest CCXXXVIII 26
Pencil on white wove paper, 120 x 203 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘26’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXVIII – 26’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is south-west towards St Michael’s Church, Brierley Hill on the skyline, from near St Andrew’s Church, Netherton, south of Dudley. The tower is still visible, flanked by modern buildings, and the valley is full of industrial units.

There is another view from Netherton Hill on folio 25 verso opposite (D22021). For views of Dudley, see under folio 23 recto (D22016).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Brierley Hill from Netherton Hill 1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-brierley-hill-from-netherton-hill-r1148663, accessed 08 May 2025.