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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Road Leading Uphill towards a Windmill 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Road Leading Uphill towards a Windmill’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
A Road Leading Uphill towards a Windmill 1796–7
D01180
Turner Bequest XXXVII 63
Pencil with watercolour and gouache on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 63’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The composition continues across folio 30 recto opposite (D01179; Turner Bequest XXXVII 62), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Road Leading Uphill towards a Windmill 1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-road-leading-uphill-towards-a-windmill-r1149870, accessed 27 April 2024.