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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Brown Cow, Seen from the Front 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Brown Cow, Seen from the Front’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Verso:
A Brown Cow, Seen from the Front 1796–7
D01159
Turner Bequest XXXVII 42
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 42’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Further studies of cows are on folio 22 recto opposite (D01160; Turner Bequest XXXVII 43), and folios 47 verso, 48 recto and 60 verso (D01213, D01214, D01245; Turner Bequest XXXVII 96, 97, 128).

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Brown Cow, Seen from the Front 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-brown-cow-seen-from-the-front-r1149851, accessed 20 September 2024.