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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Hesperides (2) Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cattle in the River 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cattle in the River’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Verso:
Cattle in the River 1805
D05903
Turner Bequest XCIV 42a
Pencil on white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 143 x 228 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A very slight sketch of cattle watering in an unidentified stretch of what is presumably the Thames. In the sketchbook the view lies between views of Abingdon and Isleworth.

David Blayney Brown
December 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Cattle in the River 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 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-cattle-in-the-river-r1130126, accessed 23 April 2024.