'Study of Trees', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Study of Trees

From Richmond Hill; Hastings to Margate Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXL

Date c.1816-19

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 155 x 95 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D10568

Turner Bequest CXL 80

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 88 Recto:

Study of Trees circa 1816–19

D10568
Turner Bequest CXL 80

Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘80’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXL 80’ top left, inverted

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Continued on folio 87 verso of the sketchbook (D10567; Turner Bequest CXL 79a), the image appearing inverted according to the present foliation. See note to D10567 for the subject.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

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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

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1810s

Richmond Hill; Hastings to Margate Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest