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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Eu and Treport Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Wooded Bank ?in Upper Normandy 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Wooded Bank ?in Upper Normandy’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Wooded Bank ?in Upper Normandy 1845
D35444
Turner Bequest CCCLIX 9
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 232 x 327 mm
Inscribed by Turner in illegible pencil bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCCLIX 9’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch, composed of relatively complex application of ochre, rose, and blue watercolour, is concerned with capturing the modulation of light and colour across a landscape. Towards the lower right corner of the sheet a row of tall trees is reflected in a river or lake that continues left across the lower register. The view may have been taken close to a comparable scene from the sketchbook; see D35446 (Turner Bequest CCCLIX 11).
Verso:
Blank; except for patches of watercolour.

John Chu
February 2014

How to cite

John Chu, ‘A Wooded Bank ?in Upper Normandy 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-a-wooded-bank-in-upper-normandy-r1173540, accessed 16 May 2024.