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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Studies for Pictures Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures with Cattle near the Walls of a Castle c.1799-1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures with Cattle near the Walls of a Castle’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Figures with Cattle near the Walls of a Castle c.1799–1802
D04010
Turner Bequest LXIX 16
Ink on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘16’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-16’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is presumably a sketch noted at the same time as that on folio 14 recto (D04008), and is perhaps a scene under the walls of Flint Castle, which figures in a number of similar studies in this book.
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Figures with Cattle near the Walls of a Castle c.1799–1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-figures-with-cattle-near-the-walls-of-a-castle-r1177888, accessed 26 April 2024.