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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A River or Lake with Trees and Buildings against a Sunset Sky 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River or Lake with Trees and Buildings against a Sunset Sky’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
A River or Lake with Trees and Buildings against a Sunset Sky 1796–7
D01140
Turner Bequest XXXVII 23
Watercolour and gouache on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 23’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The scene is presumably on the River Thames, perhaps near Twickenham or Richmond; it continues across folio 11 verso opposite (D01139; Turner Bequest XXXVII 22).

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A River or Lake with Trees and Buildings against a Sunset Sky 1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-river-or-lake-with-trees-and-buildings-against-a-sunset-r1149832, accessed 24 April 2024.