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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > Dynevor Castle Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Mountain Tops 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Mountain Tops’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
?Mountain Tops 1798
D01469
Turner Bequest XL 5
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 135 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XL – 5’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is a very incomplete and fragmentary drawing; it is difficult to determine its subject, though it may be related to the slight sketch on folio 4 verso opposite (D01468).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Mountain Tops 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-mountain-tops-r1173705, accessed 19 April 2024.