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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Italy c.1828-43 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Italian Mountains, with a Castle c.1828-43

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Italian Mountains, with a Castle’ c.1828-43
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
?Italian Mountains, with a Castle c.1828–43
D33782
Turner Bequest CCCXLI 101
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 143 x 200 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘101’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCXLI – 101’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject, with a castle overlooking a mountain valley is unidentified, but may be Italian; see the Introduction to this section for further brief discussion and dating.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed by John Ruskin in pencil ‘233 | O’ bottom right; inscribed in pencil ‘101’ at centre.

Matthew Imms
February 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Italian Mountains, with a Castle c.1828–43 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-italian-mountains-with-a-castle-r1182995, accessed 25 April 2024.