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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40 > Mouth of the Thames Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Buildings and Hills c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Buildings and Hills’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Buildings and Hills c.1832
D27279
Turner Bequest CCLXXVIII 40
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘40’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXVIII – 40’ top left, inverted
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, this study of hills and buildings is typical of the contents of this volume. See the sketchbook introduction for more detail.
Technical notes:
There is a tiny hole in the centre of the top edge of the page.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Buildings and Hills c.1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-buildings-and-hills-r1181412, accessed 27 April 2024.