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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Oxford c.1787-91 > Oxford and Other Subjects > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Large House with Trees Beyond c.1787-9

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Large House with Trees Beyond’ c.1787-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Large House with Trees Beyond c.1787–9
D00053
Turner Bequest IV C
Pencil, with ruled line marking right and bottom edges of composition, on laid paper, 196 x 294 mm
Watermark ‘C TAYLOR’
Inscribed in red ink ‘4/4’ bottom left, descending vertically
Inscribed in red ink ‘IV, C.’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘IV C’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Technical notes:
Taylor’s watermark occurs on papers dated between 1768 and 1790.1
1
See W.A. Churchill, Watermarks in Paper in Holland, England, France, Etc. in the XVII and XVIII Centuries and their Interconnection, Amsterdam 1935, p.53.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Large House with Trees Beyond c.1787–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-a-large-house-with-trees-beyond-r1140107, accessed 26 April 2024.