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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ruined Castle on a Wooded Hillside 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ruined Castle on a Wooded Hillside’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 36 Verso:
A Ruined Castle on a Wooded Hillside 1798
D01747
Turner Bequest XLII 72
Pencil and gouache on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘O’ bottom left
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 72’ top right, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the drawing is continued on folio 37 recto opposite (D01748; Turner Bequest XLI 73). This view was presumably taken from a spot close to that of folios 34 verso–35 recto (D01743–D01744; Turner Bequest XLI 68–69), but looking up the slope towards the ruined tower.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Ruined Castle on a Wooded Hillside 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-ruined-castle-on-a-wooded-hillside-r1173943, accessed 23 April 2024.