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 > Hints River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures on a River Bank c.1815-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures on a River Bank’ c.1815-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
Figures on a River Bank circa 1815–18
D10628
Turner Bequest CXLI 26
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Barge’ or ‘Barn’ within image, left centre, and ‘... Hay’ top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘26’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXLI 26’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued on folio 25 verso of the sketchbook (D10627), for which see catalogue note for the possible Richmond subject. Turner’s inscriptions are hard to read but might refer to a load of hay carried by a barge on the river.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Figures on a River Bank c.1815–18 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-figures-on-a-river-bank-r1131681, accessed 25 April 2024.