Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A.

Walter Ramsden Hawksworth Fawkes (1769-1825), Farnley Hall, Yorkshire,

by family descent to Ayscough Fawkes (1831-1899),

his sale, London, Christie's, 27 June 1890, lot 45, bt. Agnew's,

Sir Donald Currie, G.C.M.G. (1825-1909),

hence by descent until sold to Agnew's,

with Agnew's, London,

from where acquired, in 2009, by the present owners

The Farnley Collection of Turner Drawings in the possession of F.H. Fawkes, photographed by L. Caldesi, published by Colnaghi Scott & Co., 1864, no. 34;

W. Armstrong, Turner, London 1902, p. 283;

J. Finberg, 'Turner's Watercolours at Farnley Hall', in The Studio, London 1912, no. 18;

J. Russell and A. Wilton, Turner in Switzerland, London 1976, p. 136, no. 29;

A. Wilton, The Life and Work of JMW Turner, London 1979, p. 344, no. 392;

D. Hill, Turner in the Alps, The Journey Through France and Switzerland, Leeds 1992, p. 99;

E. Shanes, Young Mr Turner. The First Forty Years, 1775-1815, New Haven 2016, p. 490;

L. Bailey, 'Turner's Purposeful Patron: Walter Fawkes's 1819 Watercolour Exhibition', Turner Society News, Spring 2019, p. 16, no. 28

London, Turner's Gallery, 1810;

London, 45 Grosvenor Place, Collection of Watercolour Drawings in the Possession of Walter Fawkes, 1819, no. 28;

Leeds, Music Hall, Public Exhibition in Aid of the Mechanics Institute, 1839, nо. 33;

London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Old Masters and Deceased Masters of the British School, 1906, no. 219 (lent by Sir Donald Currie)