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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A River with Wooded Banks 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River with Wooded Banks’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
A River with Wooded Banks 1794
D00221
Turner Bequest XIX 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XIX 15’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg conjectured that this is a view on the River Derwent near Matlock; compare folio 18 verso (D00225; Turner Bequest XIX 17a). It may alternatively show a stretch of the Dee near Llangollen.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A River with Wooded Banks 1794 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-a-river-with-wooded-banks-r1140739, accessed 19 April 2024.