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 Butterbur and Other Waterside Plants 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Butterbur and Other Waterside Plants’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Butterbur and Other Waterside Plants 1799
D02052
Turner Bequest XLVI 40
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a pale blue-grey ground, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘40’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 40’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Other plant studies in this book are on folios 24 verso, 25 recto and 26 recto (D02031–D02033). There are also studies of trees, on folios 46 recto and verso and 47 recto (D02062–D02064).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Butterbur and Other Waterside Plants 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-butterbur-and-other-waterside-plants-r1179911, accessed 23 April 2024.