'Wooded River, with Two Men on the Bank', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Wooded River, with Two Men on the Bank

From Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXXXVII

Date c.1809-13

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 181 x 228 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D10318

Turner Bequest CXXXVII 74

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 67 Verso:

Wooded River, with Two Men on the Bank circa 1809–13

D10318
Turner Bequest CXXXVII 74

Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 228 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘74’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXVII 74’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram lower right of centre

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. The wooded river is unidentified, but the scenery looks more like the West Country or perhaps Cumbria than Sussex.

David Blayney Brown
March 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

Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest