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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of Trees 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of Trees’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Verso:
Studies of Trees 1799
D02063
Turner Bequest XLVI 46a
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a pale buff ground, 130 x 79 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The slight study of a tree at the centre of the page is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation; the other way up is a continuation of the tree study on folio 47 recto opposite (D02064) and underneath all is a very slight note of hills and clouds. For comment on the tree studies in this book see the entry for the recto (D02062).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Studies of Trees 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-studies-of-trees-r1179922, accessed 19 April 2024.