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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales and Isle of Wight 1795-1800 > Isle of Wight Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Watermill 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Watermill’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Recto:
A Watermill 1795
D00407
Turner Bequest XXIV 1
Pencil on white wove paper, 204 x 264 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXIV 1’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg suggested that this subject might be the same mill as that shown on folio 2 recto (D00408), but this seems unlikely. The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Watermill 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-a-watermill-r1140984, accessed 26 April 2024.