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 A Tree or Shrub &c c.1815-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Tree or Shrub &c’ c.1815-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Recto:
A Tree or Shrub &c circa 1815–18
D10635
Turner Bequest CXLI 30
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘30’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXLI 30’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this sketch is rather mysterious but seems to show a tree or shrub and perhaps a tower behind it.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Tree or Shrub &c 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-a-tree-or-shrub-c-r1131688, accessed 25 April 2024.