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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Mill on a Mountain Stream 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Mill on a Mountain Stream’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 146 Recto:
A Mill on a Mountain Stream 1801
D03194
Turner Bequest LVI 144
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 184 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram centre right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘144’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LVI – 144’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the pages turned horizontally, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 145 verso opposite (D03193; Turner Bequest LVI 143a), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Mill on a Mountain Stream 1801 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-a-mill-on-a-mountain-stream-r1179390, accessed 26 April 2024.