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 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mountains 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mountains’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 78 Recto:
Mountains 1799
D02113
Turner Bequest XLVI 78
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘78’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 78’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this slight view remains unidentified.
Verso:
Blank; washed with a grey ground

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Mountains 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-mountains-r1179972, accessed 25 May 2025.