'Isleworth Mill', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Isleworth Mill

From Kent and Middlesex

Date 1793-4

MediumPen and ink and graphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 254 x 197 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00401

Turner Bequest XXIII a

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Isleworth Mill 1793–4

D00401
Turner Bequest XXIII a

Pencil, 126 x 196 mm on laid paper ruled in red ink, 253 x 196 mm
Watermark: fleur de lys with ‘GR’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Reflections’ centre and ‘Isleworth Mill’ centre right below drawing
Inscribed in pencil ‘XXIII . a.’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXIII – a’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Turner had family associations with the Isleworth area and was to live there for a while in the following decade.1

1

See David Hill, Turner on the Thames: River Journeys in the Year 1805, New Haven and London 1993.

Technical notes:

The sheet, evidently from an account book or ledger, has been folded in half, with only the upper half drawn on.

Verso:
Blank; ruled in red ink; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

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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