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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View over a Distant Bay, with Buildings in Mid-Distance and Cliffs on the Horizon c.1801-2

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View over a Distant Bay, with Buildings in Mid-Distance and Cliffs on the Horizon’ c.1801-2
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
View over a Distant Bay, with Buildings in Mid-Distance and Cliffs on the Horizon c.1801–2
D03783
Turner Bequest LXIV 6
Pencil on buff laid paper, 111 x 175 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIV – 6’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing was made with the page turned horizontally. As noted in the sketchbook’s Introduction, the setting may be the South Downs.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View over a Distant Bay, with Buildings in Mid-Distance and Cliffs on the Horizon c.1801–2 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-view-over-a-distant-bay-with-buildings-in-mid-distance-and-r1178306, accessed 28 April 2024.