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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study for a Wooded Classical Landscape Subject with Figures c.1823-4

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for a Wooded Classical Landscape Subject with Figures’ c.1823-4
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Verso:
Study for a Wooded Classical Landscape Subject with Figures c.1823–4
D17776
Turner Bequest CCIV 2a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With trees and perhaps the indications of a structure, this is a brief continuation of the composition on folio 3 recto opposite (D17777).

Matthew Imms
November 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Study for a Wooded Classical Landscape Subject with Figures c.1823–4 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-for-a-wooded-classical-landscape-subject-with-figures-r1172484, accessed 20 April 2024.