By Kind Permission of a Private Collection
By Kind Permission of a Private Collection
Ruskin is referring to the field in which sheaves of barley are stacked, in the distance of Turner 's Rispah.
J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Rispah c.1807-8
Watercolour on white wove writing paper, 18.1x25.3cm
Engraving:
Engraved by R. Dunkarton, 1812
Mezzotint engraving, 18x26cm
Engraved for the Liber Studiorum, part 9
Provenance: Turner Bequest, 1856 (CXVII U)
Further Comments: The literary source for the 'Rispah' in the Liber Studiorum is the Old Testament, Second Book of Samuel, ch.21.
Collection: Tate Gallery, London