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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Fallen Tree ?1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Fallen Tree’ ?1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 88 Recto:
A Fallen Tree ?1799
D03924
Turner Bequest LXVI 88
Pencil on blue laid paper, 83 x 166 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘88’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXVI – 88’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight study was drawn with the page turned horizontally. It is one of four recording broken branches in this book; the others are on folios 87 recto, 89 recto and 90 recto (D03923, D03925, D03926). They may have been made in the grounds at Fonthill, as discussed under D03923.
Verso:
Blank; offset from folio 89 recto opposite (D03925).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Fallen Tree ?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-fallen-tree-r1180163, accessed 27 April 2024.