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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797 ... > Swans Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Group of Trees beside Water ?1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Group of Trees beside Water’ ?1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Verso:
A Group of Trees beside Water ?1799
D01681
Turner Bequest XLII 6
Pencil and black and white chalk on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 6’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing is continued on folio 4 recto opposite (Tate D01682; Turner Bequest XLII 7). Given the similarity of medium it is possible that it was executed at the same time as that on folios 6 verso–7 recto (D01687–D01688; Turner Bequest XLII 12–13), which was evidently made while Turner was working at Fonthill in 1799. The use of chalks exemplifies Turner’s attitude to the mid-toned paper of this book: he regarded it as an opportunity to explore tonal structures as well as simple outlines.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Group of Trees beside Water ?1799 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, 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-group-of-trees-beside-water-r1173877, accessed 25 April 2024.