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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Small Tree and Weeds c.1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Small Tree and Weeds’ c.1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Verso:
Study of a Small Tree and Weeds c.1794
D00294
Turner Bequest XX 25a
Pencil on white laid paper, 152 x 99 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation. There are slight studies of the branches of trees on folios 12 recto, 13 recto and 24 verso (D40753, D00274, D00292).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of a Small Tree and Weeds 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-a-small-tree-and-weeds-r1140687, accessed 22 September 2024.