Joseph Mallord William TurnerUnidentified Landscape c.1806-10

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Artist
Title
Unidentified Landscape
From Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook
Turner Bequest XCI
Date c.1806-10
MediumChalk and graphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 128 x 201 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D05703
Turner Bequest XCI 86
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Recto:
Unidentified Landscape circa 1806–10
D05703
Turner Bequest XCI 86
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘86’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 86’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The leaf is stained.
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

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