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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Clump of Weeds c.1799-1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Clump of Weeds’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 113 Recto:
A Clump of Weeds c.1799–1802
D04130
Turner Bequest LXIX 114
India ink stump and gouache on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘114’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-114’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally. There is part of a study of foliage, also in India ink stump, on folio 10 verso (D40586). Note also studies of weeds in the contemporary Egyptian Details sketchbook (Tate D03836, D03837, D03935; Turner Bequest LXVI 4, 5, 98a).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Clump of Weeds 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-a-clump-of-weeds-r1178010, accessed 23 September 2024.