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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Near Penrith: Cornfields and Distant Fells 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Near Penrith: Cornfields and Distant Fells’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
Near Penrith: Cornfields and Distant Fells 1809
D07547
Turner Bequest CX 9
Pencil on white laid paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Corn’ at centre and ‘A’ and ‘B’’ on hills above
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CX 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This appears to be a continuation, looking south-west, of the landscape outside Penrith with the castle in the distance, on folio 10 of the sketchbook (D07548), where ‘corn’ is also noted.
Verso:

David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Near Penrith: Cornfields and Distant Fells 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-near-penrith-cornfields-and-distant-fells-r1135662, accessed 23 April 2024.