'Tabley House from the Moat, with the Water Tower, and Cattle Watering', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Tabley House from the Moat, with the Water Tower, and Cattle Watering

From Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CV

Date 1808

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 108 x 185 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D06992

Turner Bequest CV 8

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 10 Recto:

Tabley House from the Moat, with the Water Tower, and Cattle Watering 1808

D06992
Turner Bequest CV 8

Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CV 8’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

For Turner’s visit to Tabley in 1808, see Introduction to the sketchbook, and for other views of the Moat including the water tower, folio 9 (D06990; Turner Bequest CV 7). The subject extends slightly on to folio 9 verso (D06991; Turner Bequest 7a) and, if the leaf is folded over, on to folio 11 (D06993; Turner Bequest CV 9).

Verso:

Blank

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

Read this catalogue entry in full

This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.