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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Margate, London and Surrey c.1829-45 > Marine Dabblers Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Wooded Landscapes c.1829-30

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Wooded Landscapes’ c.1829-30
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
Wooded Landscapes c.1829–30
D22465
Turner Bequest CCXLI 2
Pencil on gilt-edged white wove paper, 113 x 89 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘w [?y] b’ top left, ‘[?sky pink]’ top right, ‘Blue’ and ‘w’ towards top left, and ‘[?water]’ towards bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXLI – 2’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are three similar landscape sketches here, one above the other. At the top is a wooded skyline with billowing clouds above, annotated with colour notes. Below are two wooded valley studies, both continuing on folio 1 verso opposite (D22464).

Matthew Imms
May 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Wooded Landscapes c.1829–30 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-wooded-landscapes-r1148357, accessed 29 April 2024.