Joseph Mallord William Turner

Study of a Tree on a Bank

1794

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In Tate Britain

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Matlock Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 111 × 181 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D00222
Turner Bequest XIX 15 a

Catalogue entry

Running into the gutter, this is evidently the remaining portion of a drawing on the following leaf, which has been torn out (see the introduction to the sketchbook).
Technical notes:
There are some adventitious smears of grey colour.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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