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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Rome to Rimini Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mountainous Landscapes 1829

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mountainous Landscapes’ 1829
Folio 36 Recto:
Mountainous Landscapes 1829
D14895
Turner Bequest CLXXVIII 36
Pencil on white laid paper, 97 x 132 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘36’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXVIII – 36’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains two extremely loose studies of mountain landscapes, presumably the Apennines. To the left of the lower view are distant buildings. Both views are difficult to locate, although they likely record scenes from the artist’s route through Umbria, Marche or Emilia-Romagna.

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Mountainous Landscapes 1829’, catalogue entry, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/mountainous-landscapes-r1210265, accessed 02 September 2025.