By Kind Permission of Leeds University Library
By Kind Permission of Leeds University Library
Engraved by Stephenson after Turner. ( Finden's Landscape Illustrations of the Bible, Vol. 1. Rawlinson 580. Wilton 1244.) Turner based this composition on a sketch by Charles Barry which he kept 'on his breakfast table for a month before he could make up his mind how to treat it' ( Works, 13.534) (See Ruskin's attitude to Turner compositions based on sketches by other artists.)
In The Elements of Drawing this engraving is recommended by Ruskin as particularly worthy of study ( Works, 15.76). The sky of this composition is discussed in Modern Painters V (1860) ( Works, 7.154-5).
J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Jerusalem: Solomon's Pools c.1832-4
Watercolour, 14.2x20.6cm
Engraving:
Engraved by J. Stephenson, 1834
Steel engraving, 9.4x14cm
Engraved for Finden's 'Landscape Illustrations of the Bible', 1834-6
Provenance: John Ruskin, who gave it to J.F. Lewis, 1858; returned by Lewis to Ruskin, 1859; Ruskin presented it to the Museum, 1861
Further Comments: Based on a drawing by Charles Barry.
Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Syndics of)