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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Marine subjects c.1803-14 > Nelson Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Head of a Cart Horse 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Head of a Cart Horse’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Verso:
Head of a Cart Horse 1805
D40702
Pen and ink on white wove paper, 114 x 184 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not numbered or described by Finberg, this very slight sketch is a continuation or alternative of the drawing of a cart horse on folio 8 of the sketchbook (D05454; Turner Bequest LXXXIX 9). These related sketches are the only ones in the book to be drawn in ink.

David Blayney Brown
March 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Head of a Cart Horse 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-head-of-a-cart-horse-r1139250, accessed 09 May 2024.