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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839 > Givet, Mézières, Verdun, Metz, Luxemburg ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Countryside near Verdun 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Countryside near Verdun’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
Countryside near Verdun 1839
D28215
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 25
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 101 x 168 mm
Partial Pro Patria watermark
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘25’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXXVIII–25’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With swift and sparing line, Turner has produced a cursory view of the topography surrounding Verdun. For other sketches of the town in this sketchbook see Tate D28211–D28214; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVIII 23–24a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Countryside near Verdun 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-countryside-near-verdun-r1150492, accessed 05 April 2026.