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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Wey, Guildford Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures by a Shady Pool 1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures by a Shady Pool’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 138 Recto:
Figures by a Shady Pool 1805
D06361
Turner Bequest XCVIII 138
Pen and ink and brownish grey wash on white laid paper, 182 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘138’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCVIII 138’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This landscape is classically composed, and similar to those at the other end of the sketchbook, from folio 1 (D06180).

David Blayney Brown
July 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Figures by a Shady Pool 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2008, 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-figures-by-a-shady-pool-r1130545, accessed 24 April 2024.