'Studies of Rustic Groups: Women Gossiping; a Man Driving Two Cows; Boats; a Man with Carts and Horses', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Studies of Rustic Groups: Women Gossiping; a Man Driving Two Cows; Boats; a Man with Carts and Horses

From Drawings and Watercolours Connected with the Welsh and Marches Tours

Date 1793

MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 210 x 265 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00399

Turner Bequest XXIII Y

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Studies of Rustic Groups: Women Gossiping; a Man Driving Two Cows; Boats; a Man with Carts and Horses 1793

D00399
Turner Bequest XXIII Y

Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 210 x 265 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXIII Y’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This sheet illustrates Turner’s concern with staffage as an essential element in the foreground of a topographical view. The figures were possibly copied from a print; compare William Henry Pyne’s Microcosm, though these examples are not from that work. The quality of the drawing can be compared with that of sheets like Tate D00398 (Turner Bequest XXIII X).

Verso:

Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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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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