Coniston Old Man: 1587

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Coniston Old Man

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (Ascribed to)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Dr Crawford J. Pocock (see L. 579); John Ruskin; Arthur Severn sale, Sotheby's, 20 May 1931, lot 113, bt. for the Friends of the Fitzwilliam (£10)

Measurements and weight

Height: 252 mm
Width: 362 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1931) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Blue-grey wash
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Recto: blue-grey wash with some graphite verso: graphite on paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: Turner's first sketch of Coniston Old Man and on the back the lions of the coat of arms drawn in his Father's shop. This is quite right. Arthur Severn discovered the sketch among those I was going to return to Dr Pocock - of whom I begged it when I saw what it was. I now make it No. 1 of the Brantwood series of Turner's drawings - John Ruskin, 22d March 1889
Location: Backboard
Method of creation: Graphite

References and bibliographic entries

Works page(s): 416-7
J.M.W. Turner, R.A. 1775-1851; a catalogue of Drawings and Watercolours in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 77-8

Related exhibitions

(Fine Art Society, 1900)

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1587
Primary reference Number: 14042
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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