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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ridge of Hills 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ridge of Hills’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 63 Recto
A Ridge of Hills 1831
D26560
Turner Bequest CCLXX 63
Pencil on white wove paper, 201 x 125 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘63’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXX – 63’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch of a ridge of hills with a circular shape (suggestive of a bay) drawn beneath it has not been identified. The same range may be depicted in the two sketches on folio 64 (D26562).

Thomas Ardill
June 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘A Ridge of Hills 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-a-ridge-of-hills-r1134994, accessed 26 April 2024.