'A Watermill, with Three Figures Seated on Rocks beside the Stream', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Watermill, with Three Figures Seated on Rocks beside the Stream

From South Wales Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XXVI

Date 1795

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 264 x 203 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00599

Turner Bequest XXVI 45

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 45 Recto:

A Watermill, with Three Figures Seated on Rocks beside the Stream 1795

D00599
Turner Bequest XXVI 45

Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 203 mm
Inscribed by A.J. Finberg in red ink ‘45’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 45’ bottom right

References

Verso:

Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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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

1787-1801 Student and master

Sketchbooks from the 1790s

South Wales Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest