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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees beside the River Brent c.1808-11

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees beside the River Brent’ c.1808-11
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 36 Verso:
Trees beside the River Brent circa 1808–11
D08008
Turner Bequest CXIV 36a
Pencil on white wove paper, 87 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page shows a slight continuation of trees on the horizon to the left of the main part of the view on folio 37 recto opposite (D08009), under which the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
There are irregular, swirling areas of thicker paper and adjacent thinner areas which appear to have been a manufacturing fault, also evident on folios 31, 32 and 46 (D08002, D08003, D08019).

Matthew Imms
January 2012

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Trees beside the River Brent c.1808–11 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2012, 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-trees-beside-the-river-brent-r1134786, accessed 20 April 2024.