'A Cottage Interior with Figures', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Cottage Interior with Figures

From River Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XCVI

Date c.1807

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 92 x 163 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D05973

Turner Bequest XCVI 13

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 13 Recto:

A Cottage Interior with Figures circa 1807

D05973
Turner Bequest XCVI 13

Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Girl breaking off sticks and | putting them on the grate’ below image
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘13’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCVI 13’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

One of a number of sketches of rustic figures and cottage dwellers in this sketchbook; a closely related sketch, perhaps made at the same time, is on the verso (D05974). Possibly these were made during the trip to Hertfordshire and Cassiobury when he used the book (see Introduction).

David Blayney Brown
October 2006

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

River Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest