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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures; Hills with Windmills, and a River and Boats in the Foreground; Stettin: The Castle and St James's Church from the North; Coast or River Landscapes with Figures in a Boat 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures; Hills with Windmills, and a River and Boats in the Foreground; Stettin: The Castle and St James's Church from the North; Coast or River Landscapes with Figures in a Boat’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Verso
Figures; Hills with Windmills, and a River and Boats in the Foreground; Stettin: The Castle and St James's Church from the North; Coast or River Landscapes with Figures in a Boat 1835
D31099
Turner Bequest CCCVII 40 a
Pencil on cream laid paper, 162 x 89 mm
Watermarked with a beehive surrounded by garlands and bees
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[...]’, ‘[?5]’, ‘Black H’ top centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A view of Stettin is at centre, rendered with the sketchbook turned upside down. Below it is a hilly landscape with windmills, a river and boats in the foreground. Figures are recorded at rear, annotated with various inscriptions including ‘[?5]’ and ‘Black H[at]’. Above the view of Stettin is a coastal or river landscape.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Figures; Hills with Windmills, and a River and Boats in the Foreground; Stettin: The Castle and St James's Church from the North; Coast or River Landscapes with Figures in a Boat 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-figures-hills-with-windmills-and-a-river-and-boats-in-the-r1186974, accessed 20 September 2024.