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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Fortifications 1824

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 72 Verso:
Fortifications 1824
D19693
Turner Bequest CCXVI 72 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Watermark ‘[smith &] allnut | [18]22’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In this rough sketch Turner records a fortress atop a ridge overlooking a fortified town.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Fortifications 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, 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-fortifications-r1174482, accessed 29 March 2024.