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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Hills 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hills’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 61 Recto:
Hills 1831
D25752
Turner Bequest CCLXV 61
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘61’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 61’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted and continuing at the right on folio 60 verso (D25751) is a sketch of the shoulder of a hill with the outline of distant hills in the background. There are no topographical clues to help identify this sketch, which is probably linked to the depiction of hills on the reverse of this page (folio 61 verso; D25753).

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Hills 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-hills-r1134116, accessed 20 September 2024.