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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Fresco or Relief Fragment, Pompeii; and Part of a View of the Forum, Pompeii 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Fresco or Relief Fragment, Pompeii; and Part of a View of the Forum, Pompeii’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Verso:
Study of a Fresco or Relief Fragment, Pompeii; and Part of a View of the Forum, Pompeii 1819
D15775
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 20 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by the artist ‘B’ within left-hand sketch
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketches on this page relate to Turner’s exploration of Pompeii. In the top left-hand corner is a study of figures from an unidentified fresco or relief. The details in the bottom right-hand corner meanwhile depict ruins from the western side of the Forum. They represent part of a larger composition found on the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 21 (D15776). For further sketches and a general discussion of Turner’s visit to Pompeii see the introduction to the sketchbook.

Nicola Moorby
September 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Study of a Fresco or Relief Fragment, Pompeii; and Part of a View of the Forum, Pompeii 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 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-study-of-a-fresco-or-relief-fragment-pompeii-and-part-of-a-r1138241, accessed 25 April 2024.