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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Branch with a Few Leaves c.1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Branch with a Few Leaves’ c.1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Verso:
A Branch with a Few Leaves c.1794
D00292
Turner Bequest XX 24a
Pencil on white laid paper, 152 x 99 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight study is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation. Compare the outline sketches of branches on folios 12 recto and 13 recto (D40753, D00274); see also folio 25 verso (D00294).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Branch with a Few Leaves 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-a-branch-with-a-few-leaves-r1140685, accessed 16 April 2024.