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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant Hills c.1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant Hills’ c.1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 83 Recto:
Distant Hills circa 1819
D16851
Turner Bequest CXCIII 82
Pencil on white wove paper, 115 x 94 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘82’ bottom left, descending left-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CXCIII 82’ bottom left, descending left-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains an extremely rough, schematic drawing which appears to depict the line of the horizon with distant hills or mountains beyond.
Verso:
Blank

Nicola Moorby
March 2011

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Distant Hills c.1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, 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-distant-hills-r1138626, accessed 25 April 2024.