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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Houses on a Cliff above a River, Perhaps at Norham 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Houses on a Cliff above a River, Perhaps at Norham’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 51 Recto:
Houses on a Cliff above a River, Perhaps at Norham 1801
D02550
Turner Bequest LIII 51
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 162 mm
Partial watermark ‘94 | atman’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘51’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LIII – 51’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. For the long preceding sequence of views at Norham, see under folio 42 verso (D02534).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Houses on a Cliff above a River, Perhaps at Norham 1801 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-houses-on-a-cliff-above-a-river-perhaps-at-norham-r1178572, accessed 09 June 2025.