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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Houses and Trees with a Church Tower in the Distance 1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Houses and Trees with a Church Tower in the Distance’ 1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Recto:
Houses and Trees with a Church Tower in the Distance 1807
D06554
Turner Bequest C 34
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 118 x 187 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘34’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘C 34’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The same church is seen on folios 36 verso and 37 verso of the sketchbook (D06556, D06558; Turner Bequest C 35a, 36a).
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David Blayney Brown
May 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Houses and Trees with a Church Tower in the Distance 1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2006, 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-houses-and-trees-with-a-church-tower-in-the-distance-r1139082, accessed 26 April 2024.