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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > The Second Meuse-Moselle Tour 1839 > Spa, Dinant and Namur Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Spa from the Hillside 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Spa from the Hillside’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
Spa from the Hillside 1839
D28092
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 26
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 94 x 154 mm
Watermarked ‘John [Fellows] | 1[810]’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘350’ bottom right and ‘26’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXXVII–26’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In this swiftly rendered and undeveloped line drawing Turner depicts the town of Spa nestled within the surrounding hillside. The angular delineations of what appears to be a tower can be seen at the right of the composition.
For other views of Spa in this sketchbook see Tate D28078, D28082–D28083, D28086–D28089, D28091, D28107–D28116; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 19, 21–21a, 23–25a, 34a–39a.
Verso:
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Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Spa from the Hillside 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-spa-from-the-hillside-r1150366, accessed 19 April 2024.