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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cow, Seen from Behind 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cow, Seen from Behind’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 47 Verso:
A Cow, Seen from Behind 1796–7
D01213
Turner Bequest XXXVII 96
Pencil, black and white chalks on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 93 x 113 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 96’ top left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch was made with the page turned horizontally. Other studies of cows in this book are on folios 21 verso, 22 recto, 48 recto opposite and 60 verso (D01159, D01160, D01214, D01245; Turner Bequest XXXVII 42, 43, 97, 128).

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Cow, Seen from Behind 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-cow-seen-from-behind-r1149903, accessed 26 April 2024.