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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1831 > Rokeby and Appleby Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Tower on Rock 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Tower on Rock’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Verso:
Tower on Rock 1831
D25592
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 35a
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the right are two sketches of Fox Tower near Brough in Cumbria as seen from the road to the south-east. See folio 34 (D25589) for similar views and more information.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Tower on Rock 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-tower-on-rock-r1133952, accessed 26 April 2024.