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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Bristol and Malmesbury 1791 > Bristol and Malmesbury Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Rocky Cliff 1791

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Rocky Cliff’ 1791
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
Study of a Rocky Cliff 1791
D00075
Turner Bequest VI 4
Pencil on white wove paper, 163 x 185 mm
Stamped in black ‘VI 4’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is probably part of the cliffs of the Avon Gorge at Hot Wells or Wallis’s Wall. The book was turned vertically to make this drawing, with the top of the subject towards the spine.
Technical notes:
Two holes near the spine have been repaired.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of a Rocky Cliff 1791 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-rocky-cliff-r1140123, accessed 25 April 2024.