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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Valley and Mountains seen between Trees 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Valley and Mountains seen between Trees’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Verso:
A Valley and Mountains seen between Trees 1798
D01516
Turner Bequest XL 31a
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘62’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XL – 31 a’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is continued on folio 34 recto opposite (D01517; Turner Bequest XL 32). This is presumably a view of the Brecon Beacons; compare folios 31 verso–32 recto (D01513–D01514; Turner Bequest XL 29a–30).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Valley and Mountains seen between Trees 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-a-valley-and-mountains-seen-between-trees-r1173755, accessed 25 April 2024.