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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees below Richmond Hill c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees below Richmond Hill’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 77 Verso:
Trees below Richmond Hill circa 1816–19
D10547
Turner Bequest CXL 69a
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As in adjacent sketches in the sketchbook in its present foliation, the view here is surely from near Richmond Hill, perhaps further towards Petersham. The River Thames seems to be hidden in the trees, indicating a position lower down the hill than in other sketches.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Trees below Richmond Hill c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-trees-below-richmond-hill-r1131541, accessed 26 April 2024.