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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Leafless Tree or Branch c.1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Leafless Tree or Branch’ c.1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Verso:
Study of a Leafless Tree or Branch c.1794
D00304
Turner Bequest XX 31a
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
The study is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation. Compare the outline sketches of branches on folios 12 recto, 13 recto, 24 verso, 25 verso, 30 verso, 32 recto, 33 recto and 38 verso (D40753, D00274, D00292, D00294, D00302, D00305, D00306, D00317).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of a Leafless Tree or Branch 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-leafless-tree-or-branch-r1140697, accessed 23 April 2024.