'Cattle near a Bridge: ?Cassiobury Park in the Distance', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Cattle near a Bridge: ?Cassiobury Park in the Distance

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

D06041

Turner Bequest XCVI 61

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 62 Recto:

Cattle near a Bridge: ?Cassiobury Park in the Distance circa 1807

D06041
Turner Bequest XCVI 61

Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘61’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘XCVI 61’ top left, inverted

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Not noticed by Finberg, this (drawn with the sketchbook inverted) is a slight continuation of the subject on folio 61 verso (D06040), for which see catalogue entry.

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