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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees near the Grand Union Canal and River Colne c.1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees near the Grand Union Canal and River Colne’ c.1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Recto:
Trees near the Grand Union Canal and River Colne circa 1807
D06020
Turner Bequest XCVI 49
Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘49’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCVI 49’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn on the right half of the leaf, these trees extend those on the right of folio 49 (D06071) if that leaf is partly folded. See note to D06071 for the subject of Moor Park, the Grand Union Canal and River Colne.

David Blayney Brown
October 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Trees near the Grand Union Canal and River Colne c.1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2006, 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-trees-near-the-grand-union-canal-and-river-colne-r1130198, accessed 26 April 2024.