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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Mill-Wheel and Leaves of Butterbur 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Mill-Wheel and Leaves of Butterbur’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Recto:
Study of a Mill-Wheel and Leaves of Butterbur 1795
D00597
Turner Bequest XXVI 43
Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 203 mm
Inscribed by A.J. Finberg in red ink ‘43’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 43’ bottom right
Turner only very occasionally interrupts his routine of drawing buildings and general views in order to study a weed or shrub growing near his path. The butterbur with its distinctive large round leaves was a favourite with many watercolour artists as providing simply achieved but effective foreground texture.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of a Mill-Wheel and Leaves of Butterbur 1795 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-mill-wheel-and-leaves-of-butterbur-r1140923, accessed 19 April 2024.