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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Branches c.1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Branches’ c.1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
Study of Branches c.1794
D00269
Turner Bequest XX 8
Pencil on white laid paper, 152 x 99 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XX 8’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The branches are inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram centre.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Branches c.1794 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-study-of-branches-r1140661, accessed 18 April 2024.