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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North of England 1797-1801 > Tweed and Lakes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Brotherswater, with Buildings in the Foreground 1797

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brotherswater, with Buildings in the Foreground’ 1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 64 Recto:
Brotherswater, with Buildings in the Foreground 1797
D01051
Turner Bequest XXXV 49
Pencil on white wove paper, 274 x 370 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXXV 49’ bottom left, descending vertically
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this is the third of three views over Brotherswater in this book; the others are on the preceding two leaves, folios 62 recto and 63 recto (D01049, D01050; Turner Bequest XXXV 47, 48). Turner has progressed along the road down the east side of the lake, and taken a viewpoint above the Brothers Water Inn, which can be seen, with its sign, in the right foreground. The distant hill is Place Fell, on the far side of Patterdale; see folios 58 recto and 59 recto (D01046, D01047; Turner Bequest XXXV 44, 45).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed by A.J. Finberg in pencil ‘141.49’.

Andrew Wilton
August 2010

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Brotherswater, with Buildings in the Foreground 1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, 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-brotherswater-with-buildings-in-the-foreground-r1150228, accessed 26 April 2024.