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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Lancashire and North Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant Fields and Hills 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant Fields and Hills’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
Distant Fields and Hills 1799
D01916
Turner Bequest XLV 5
Pencil on white wove paper, 225 x 329 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLV-5’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is the beginning of an abandoned drawing.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Distant Fields and Hills 1799 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, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-distant-fields-and-hills-r1177791, accessed 10 May 2024.