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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Branches and Foliage; Study of Two Recumbent Figures c.1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Branches and Foliage; Study of Two Recumbent Figures’ c.1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 34 Recto:
Study of Branches and Foliage; Study of Two Recumbent Figures c.1794
D00308
Turner Bequest XX 34
Pencil on white laid paper, 99 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘34’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XX 34’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing of branches on folio 33 verso opposite (D00307). Compare the sketch of crouching figures, Tate D00711 (Turner Bequest XXVII F).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Branches and Foliage; Study of Two Recumbent Figures 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-and-foliage-study-of-two-recumbent-figures-r1140701, accessed 24 April 2024.