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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Hills near Spa 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hills near Spa’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Verso:
Hills near Spa 1839
D28083
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 21 a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 154 x 94 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a very rough and undeveloped sketch depicting the Ardennes hillsides and pastures surrounding the town of Spa in Belgium, probably completed in the same sitting as the drawing on the previous folio (Tate D28082; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 21). For other views of Spa in this sketchbook see Tate D28078, D28086–D28092, D28107–D28116; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 19, 23–6, 34a–39a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Hills near Spa 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2013, 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-hills-near-spa-r1150357, accessed 19 April 2024.