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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ruins on a Hill 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ruins on a Hill’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 58 Recto:
Ruins on a Hill 1831
D25747
Turner Bequest CCLXV 58
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘58’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 58’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These two sketches of ruins on a hill have not been identified. At the top of the page the ruins are seen from a distance, while at the right of the page, drawn with the book turned to the left, is a close-up view of one side of what is presumably the same structure.
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Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Ruins on a Hill 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, 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-ruins-on-a-hill-r1134111, accessed 21 September 2024.