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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Hillside 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Hillside’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Hillside 1801
D40261
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a grey–buff wash, 313 x 480 mm
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram above ‘LVIII – 6’ top right, upside down
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight beginning of a sketch is on the verso of a ‘Scottish Pencils’ composition (Tate D03385; Turner Bequest LVIII 6).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Hillside 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-hillside-r1179806, accessed 26 April 2024.