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 > River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Haymakers c.1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Haymakers’ c.1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 67 Verso:
Haymakers circa 1807
D06052
Turner Bequest XCVI 65c
Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Blue’ and ‘B’ on figure at left, and ‘grey’ on figure at centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. See comment to folio 66 verso (D06050) for the likelihood that this was drawn near Cassiobury Park.
John Ruskin complicated the numbering of the remaining folios in this book by giving this leaf a ‘c’ number, which Finberg followed.

David Blayney Brown
October 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Haymakers 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-haymakers-r1130230, accessed 20 September 2024.