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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Snowy Hills beside a Lake: Morning Sky c.1799-1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Snowy Hills beside a Lake: Morning Sky’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 110 Recto:
Snowy Hills beside a Lake: Morning Sky c.1799–1802
D04127
Turner Bequest LXIX 111
Coloured chalks and ink on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Watermark: Strasburg lily (trimmed)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘111’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-111’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally. Compare the winter scene on folio 109 recto (D04126; Turner Bequest LXIX 110).
Verso:
Blank; offset from folio 111 recto opposite (D04128; Turner Bequest LXIX 112); inscribed in pencil ‘753’.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Snowy Hills beside a Lake: Morning Sky c.1799–1802 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-snowy-hills-beside-a-lake-morning-sky-r1178006, accessed 05 May 2025.