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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Work for Earls Egremont and Lonsdale ... > Cockermouth Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees and Buildings by a River 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees and Buildings by a River’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
Trees and Buildings by a River 1809
D07541
Turner Bequest CX 3
Pencil on white laid paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘3’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CX 3’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is the suggestion of a bridge in the right foreground. The river looks narrower than the Derwent at Cockermouth, as seen on folio 4 (D07542), but might be the Cocker if the sketch was made in the same area. However, this has not been confirmed. If Turner was using the sketchbook haphazardly, this and folio 2 could conceivably show the buildings and stream at Calder Bridge, drawn on folio 33 (D07575).
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David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Trees and Buildings by a River 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2009, 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-and-buildings-by-a-river-r1135656, accessed 16 April 2024.