'Colour Trials', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Colour Trials

Date ?1797

MediumPen and ink and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 232 x 330 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D40338

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Colour Trials ?1797

D40338

Watercolour on white wove paper, 232 x 330 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pen and brown ink ‘W Turner | 59’ centre
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Inscribed in red ink ‘XXXI.F’ bottom right

References

There are grey colour trials on the left. The recto is D00848 (Turner Bequest XXXI F).

Technical notes:

The sheet is dirty and stained with mould.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

Read this catalogue entry in full

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

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