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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Trees c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Trees’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 87 Verso:
Study of Trees circa 1816–19
D10567
Turner Bequest CXL 79a
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued on folio 88 of the sketchbook (D10568; Turner Bequest CXL 80), the image appears inverted according to the present foliation. There is a further double-spread study of trees on folios 88 verso–89 (D10569–D10570; Turner Bequest CXL 80a–81). The trees are presumably on Richmond Hill and Butlin and Joll cite these drawing along with others running to folio 90 (D10572; Turner Bequest CXL 82) as similar in general terms to the composition of England: Richmond Hill, on the Prince Regent’s Birthday (Tate N00502)1 exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1819. The picture has tall, elegant trees framing its composition.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

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Butlin and Joll 1984, pp.106–7 no.140 (pl.145).

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Study of Trees c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-study-of-trees-r1131561, accessed 25 April 2024.