'Study of a Group of Buildings, with a Paling Fence: Lacy's Court, Bath Street, Abingdon', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Study of a Group of Buildings, with a Paling Fence: Lacy's Court, Bath Street, Abingdon

From Oxford Sketchbook

Turner Bequest II

Date c.1789

MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 160 x 249 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00013

Turner Bequest II 3

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 3 Recto:

Study of a Group of Buildings, with a Paling Fence: Lacy’s Court, Bath Street, Abingdon c.1789

D00013
Turner Bequest II 3

Pencil with a little brush and watercolour on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘3’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 3’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The identification of the subject is due to Michael Liversidge. See also folio 4 recto (D00014). There are blue, red and grey colour trials at the lower left and right corners.

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.