Joseph Mallord William Turner

Rocks in a Stream, with a Fence and Trees Beyond

?1799

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Fonthill Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 340 × 433 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D02192
Turner Bequest XLVII 15

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Made with the page turned horizontally, this drawing is plausibly grouped with the studies in this sketchbook made at Fonthill, though there is no specific evidence of its location.

Technical notes:

For a proposed sequence for the leaves of the disbound Fonthill sketchbook, with this page as folio 8, see the Introduction.

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Andrew Wilton
March 2013

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