'Study for a Landscape with Mercury and Argus', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Study for a Landscape with Mercury and Argus

From Studies for Pictures: Isleworth Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XC

Date 1805

MediumPen and ink on paper

Dimensionssupport: 150 x 258 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D40573

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 53 Verso:

Study for a Landscape with Mercury and Argus 1805

D40573
Turner Bequest

Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Not noticed or numbered by Finberg, this is a slight continuation of the top of the study on folio 54 (D05575), for which see catalogue note for the subject.

David Blayney Brown
August 2007

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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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Gifts and bequests

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