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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Buxton from the South-West 1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Buxton from the South-West’ 1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Recto:
Buxton from the South-West 1830
D22253
Turner Bequest CCXXXIX 56
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 191 mm
Partial watermark ‘R Ba | 18’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘W Lime Stone’ towards bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘56’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXIX – 56’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Ian Warrell has noted, this sketch shows moorland above Buxton, which is seen in the distance in the half-page continuation to the right on folio 58 recto (D22257).1 The view is to the north-east, from the hillside in the vicinity of the Terret. Turner has noted the white limestone outcrop above the low buildings in the foreground. For other views of Buxton and the landscape to its east see under folio 52 verso (D22246).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

1
Ian Warrell, notes from 1993 and later in Tate catalogue files.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Buxton from the South-West 1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-buxton-from-the-south-west-r1148899, accessed 05 April 2026.