'Colour Trials', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Colour Trials

From Studies of Figures and Fairground Settings

Date ?1794

MediumWatercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 213 x 277 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D40051

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Colour Trials ?1794

D40051

Watercolour on white wove paper, 213 x 277 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

There are colour trials in blue and sienna. The recto is D00380 (Turner Bequest XXIII F).

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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