Joseph Mallord William TurnerHouses and Trees with a Church Tower in the Distance 1807

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Artist
Title
Houses and Trees with a Church Tower in the Distance
From Spithead Sketchbook
Turner Bequest C
Date 1807
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 118 x 187 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D06554
Turner Bequest C 34
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Recto:
Houses and Trees with a Church Tower in the Distance 1807
D06554
Turner Bequest C 34
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 118 x 187 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘34’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘C 34’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The same church is seen on folios 36 verso and 37 verso of the sketchbook (D06556, D06558; Turner Bequest C 35a, 36a).
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
May 2006

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