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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape, with Ruined Castle on a Hill 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Landscape, with Ruined Castle on a Hill’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Verso:
Landscape, with Ruined Castle on a Hill 1809
D07915
Turner Bequest CXIII 42a
Pencil on white wove paper, 83 x 114 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this slight sketch is continued slightly on folio 43 (D07916). The ruined castle stands on a hill at right, at left is the suggestion of a river and bridge. The subject is unidentified.

David Blayney Brown
July 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Landscape, with Ruined Castle on a Hill 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-landscape-with-ruined-castle-on-a-hill-r1135871, accessed 25 April 2024.