Joseph Mallord William TurnerGroup of Peasants with a Plough 1802

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Artist
Title
Group of Peasants with a Plough
From Swiss Figures Sketchbook
Turner Bequest LXXVIII
Date 1802
MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensionssupport: 163 x 198 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D04810
Turner Bequest LXXVIII 13
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Recto:
Group of Peasants with a Plough 1802
D04810
Turner Bequest LXXVIII 13
Pencil and watercolour on white laid paper, 163 x 198 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXVIII 13’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner turned the sketchbook round to landscape format to make this drawing. Eight figures, men and women, are gathered round an ox-drawn plough.
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
May 2003

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