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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Towers on Hill 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Towers on Hill’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 49 Recto:
Towers on Hill 1839
D28632
Turner Bequest CCXCI 49
Pencil on cream laid writing paper, 100 x 156 mm
Watermarked ‘v d m[eulen]’
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘49’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXCI–49’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Rendered roughly and swiftly, this sketch shows a network of towers built into a hilly landscape.

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Towers on Hill 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-towers-on-hill-r1150916, accessed 23 April 2024.