'Study of a Group of Three Trees; ?a Falling Figure', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Study of a Group of Three Trees; ?a Falling Figure

From Oxford Sketchbook

Turner Bequest II

Date c.1789

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 160 x 249 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00015

Turner Bequest II 5

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 5 Recto:

Study of a Group of Three Trees; ?a Falling Figure c.1789

D00015
Turner Bequest II 5

Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 5’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

There is another tree study on folio 8 recto (D00019). The figure, the faint outline of which is difficult to interpret, may be related to that of an ascending putto on folio 17 verso (D00032), and to other slight figure studies in this book.

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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Context

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Oxford Sketchbook

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Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest