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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales and Isle of Wight 1795-1800 > Smaller South Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Broad Landscape with Low Hills c.1795

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Broad Landscape with Low Hills’ c.1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Recto:
A Broad Landscape with Low Hills c.1795
D00491
Turner Bequest XXV 30
Watercolour on white wove paper, 130 x 205 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘30’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXV 30’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is treated more atmospherically than the panorama on folio 28 recto (D00489). The works (perhaps a lime kiln?) with smoking chimneys in the foreground hollow, the hills and the glimpse of a distant lake suggest a landscape farther from London.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Broad Landscape with Low Hills c.1795 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-broad-landscape-with-low-hills-r1140812, accessed 19 April 2024.