J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Syon House Seen through Trees 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Syon House Seen through Trees’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
?Syon House Seen through Trees 1805
D05527
Turner Bequest XC 26
Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘26’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XC 26’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Although not suggested before, an identification as Syon seems plausible as this building has a similar long, flat front and corner towers. See also the view through trees on folio 12 (D05507) and another on folio 35 of the sketchbook (D05543). On the other hand, Hill suggests that a sketch on folio 27 verso (D40570) of a statue in a niche at the corner of a building shows the same ‘Italianate villa’.1
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Hill 1993, p.161.
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David Blayney Brown
August 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Syon House Seen through Trees 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2007, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-syon-house-seen-through-trees-r1129839, accessed 24 April 2024.