Joseph Mallord William TurnerPloughing Scene, with Horses 1807

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Artist
Title
Ploughing Scene, with Horses
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
D06716
Turner Bequest CI 89
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
Ploughing Scene, with Horses 1807
D06716
Turner Bequest CI 89
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 118 x 187 mm
Inscribed by an unknown hand in pencil ‘CI 89’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CI 89’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See note to folio 40 (D06719; Turner Bequest CI 92) for Finberg’s allocation of this leaf to the Boats, Ice sketchbook and its subsequent inclusion here. The paper is badly discoloured from exposure.
Verso:
Blank, with traces of gum at the corners from having been laid down

David Blayney Brown
May 2006

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