'Group of Peasants with a Plough', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

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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Turner's sketchbooks

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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

References

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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

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1802-18 Academician and professor

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Joseph Mallord William TurnerGroup of Peasants with a Plough 1802

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