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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Kiln, with Fields under Snow 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Kiln, with Fields under Snow’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Verso:
A Kiln, with Fields under Snow 1796–7
D01181
Turner Bequest XXXVII 64
Pencil, with brown and grey washes and white gouache on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 64’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The kiln is possibly that shown in a study drawing (Tate D00849; Turner Bequest XXXI G), which is annotated ‘Lewisham’. See the snow scenes on folio 32 recto opposite (D01182; Turner Bequest XXXVII 65) and folios 33 verso–34 recto (D01185–D01186; Turner Bequest XXXVII 68–69).

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Kiln, with Fields under Snow 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-kiln-with-fields-under-snow-r1149871, accessed 20 September 2024.