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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Sussex Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Downs c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Downs’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Verso:
?Downs circa 1806–10
D40631
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 153 x 216 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This very slight sketch seems to show the top of two stretches of unidentified downland.

David Blayney Brown
April 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Downs c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, 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-downs-r1131057, accessed 19 April 2024.