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 67 Recto:
Study of Rocks 1798–9
D01809
Turner Bequest XLII 133
Pencil with some white gouache on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘133’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 133’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 66 verso opposite (D01808; Turner Bequest XLII 132).

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-r1174004, accessed 20 September 2024.