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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A House with a Gate, a Tree and Figures 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A House with a Gate, a Tree and Figures’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Recto:
A House with a Gate, a Tree and Figures 1799
D02002
Turner Bequest XLVI 7
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘7’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 7’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is possibly a rapid sketch of part of The Holme, Dr Thomas Dunham Whitaker’s family seat at Cliviger near Burnley, Lancashire; see Turner’s larger drawing of the house in the contemporary Lancashire and North Wales sketchbook (Tate D01928–D01929; Turner Bequest XLV 14a–15). The drawing on folios 7 verso–8 recto of the present book (D40771, D02003), which shows part of Whalley Abbey, confirms that Turner used this book in that area.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A House with a Gate, a Tree and Figures 1799 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-house-with-a-gate-a-tree-and-figures-r1179860, accessed 23 April 2024.