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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Looking across Undulating Country, with the Sea Beyond c.1801-2

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Looking across Undulating Country, with the Sea Beyond’ c.1801-2
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Verso:
Looking across Undulating Country, with the Sea Beyond c.1801–2
D03801
Turner Bequest LXIV 22a
Pencil on buff laid paper, 111 x 175 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXIV – 22a’ bottom right, ascending 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. The dark sky here may indicate twilight, previous to the night scene recorded on folio 4 recto (D03781).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Looking across Undulating Country, with the Sea Beyond 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-looking-across-undulating-country-with-the-sea-beyond-r1178324, accessed 27 April 2024.