Joseph Mallord William TurnerA Seated Stag, with the Head of Another Deer c.1789

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Artist
Title
A Seated Stag, with the Head of Another Deer
From Oxford Sketchbook
Turner Bequest II
Date c.1789
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 160 x 249 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D00035
Turner Bequest II 19
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Recto:
A Seated Stag, with the Head of Another Deer c.1789
D00035
Turner Bequest II 19
Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Squared by Turner and inscribed in pencil with numerals ‘1’ to ‘8’ up left-hand side and ‘1’ to ‘13’ along top edge
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘19’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 19’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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