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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Rocks 1798-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Rocks’ 1798-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 66 Verso:
Study of Rocks 1798–9
D01808
Turner Bequest XLII 132
Pencil and gouache on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 132’ 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 67 recto opposite (D01809; Turner Bequest XLII 133).

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Rocks 1798–9 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-study-of-rocks-r1174003, accessed 26 April 2024.