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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Fairground Tents and a Stall 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Fairground Tents and a Stall’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Verso:
Study of Fairground Tents and a Stall 1794
D00311
Turner Bequest XX 35a
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
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is one of many studies in this book made at a fairground; see folios 9 recto, 11 recto, 14 recto, 15 recto and verso, 16 recto and 20 recto (D00270, D00273, D00275, D00276, D00277, D00278, D00285).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Fairground Tents and a Stall 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-fairground-tents-and-a-stall-r1140704, accessed 19 September 2024.