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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin Albano: A Ruined Building c.1794-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin, ‘Albano: A Ruined Building’ c.1794-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Folio 45 Recto:
Albano: A Ruined Building c.1794–8
D36458
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 45
Pencil and grey and blue wash on white wove paper, 242 x 185 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 495 x 363 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘45’ on mount, bottom right, descending vertically
Inscribed in a later hand in pencil ‘“at Albano”’ on mount, bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIII – 45’ on mount, bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The work is mounted with the album page turned vertically.
Verso:
Blank (laid down); the inscription (probably by Thomas Girtin in pencil) noted by Finberg and transcribed as the work’s title, ‘At Albano’, is no longer apparent.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Albano: A Ruined Building c.1794–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin’, 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-thomas-girtin-albano-a-ruined-building-r1140630, accessed 18 April 2024.