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 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ground Plans c.1816-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ground Plans’ c.1816-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
Ground Plans circa 1816–18
D10408
Turner Bequest CXXXIX 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 129 x 205 mm (irregular; repaired)
Inscribed extensively by Turner in pencil with dimensions, mainly in yards, and ‘wall’, ‘to gate’ &c within image
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘42’ bottom left, inverted and ‘315’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIX 42’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This plan is not of a building, but of grounds or a garden, of irregular layout with winding paths.
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David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Ground Plans c.1816–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-ground-plans-r1131636, accessed 25 April 2024.