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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Landscapes c.1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Landscapes’ c.1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Recto:
Two Landscapes circa 1819
D13984
Turner Bequest CLXXII 28
Pencil on white wove paper, 99 x 155 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘[?vapour]’ near centre of right hand edge
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘28’ top right, ascending right hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CLXXII 28’ top right, ascending right edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Two unidentified landscape sketches. The view at the top appears to show buildings on a hill or cliff whilst the sketch underneath may show a jetty or pier. This sketch may predate the artist’s use of the sketchbook as a notebook relating to his Italian travels in the autumn of 1819.

Nicola Moorby
July 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Two Landscapes c.1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2008, 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-two-landscapes-r1138805, accessed 25 April 2024.