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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin A Timber-Frame House, with Hillside Beyond c.1796

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
A Timber-Frame House, with Hillside Beyond c.1796
D36552
Turner Bequest CCCLXXV 31
Pencil and grey wash on white wove paper, 196 x 245 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXV – 31’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Provenance:
Probably commissioned by Dr Thomas Monro
Monro’s posthumous sale, Christie’s, London, 26–28 June and 1–2 July 1833 (day and lot number not known)
Bought by or on behalf of Turner
The pencil work is by Girtin.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Timber-Frame House, with Hillside Beyond c.1796 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-thomas-girtin-a-timber-frame-house-with-hillside-beyond-r1141252, accessed 28 March 2024.