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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Views in Sussex Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Near Heathfield 1810

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Near Heathfield’ 1810
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
?Near Heathfield 1810
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Turner Bequest CXXXVIII 1
Pencil on white wove paper, 199 x 323 mm
Endorsed by the Executors of the Turner Bequest and signed in ink by Henry Scott Trimmer and Charles Turner ‘H.S. Trimmer’ and ‘C. Turner’ and in pencil by John Prescott Knight and Charles Eastlake ‘JPK’ and ‘C.L.E.’ top left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch, mainly of trees in an open landscape is quite slight and Finberg’s title, which is retained here, is unconfirmed. The sheet was probably a right-hand page, with stitch holes on the left. The Executors’ signatures suggests that it may have been a flyleaf, or at least at the top of a group of leaves as they found them. The poor condition of the paper, with the edges abraded, and rubbing and staining also seems to support this. Finberg noted ‘Drawing rubbed and paper dirty’ and this is still evident today.
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David Blayney Brown
April 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Near Heathfield 1810 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2011, 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-near-heathfield-r1131365, accessed 25 April 2024.