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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Farm Buildings on the Crest of a Hill c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Farm Buildings on the Crest of a Hill’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
Farm Buildings on the Crest of a Hill circa 1806–10
D05626
Turner Bequest XCI 9
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 9’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The same building probably appears, from a different angle, on folio 8 of the sketchbook (D05625). The location is unidentified.
The bottom left corner of the leaf has been torn and repaired; the inscription and stamp are on the original paper, just above the repair.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Farm Buildings on the Crest of a Hill c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, 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-farm-buildings-on-the-crest-of-a-hill-r1130936, accessed 25 April 2024.