Joseph Mallord William Turner

Study of Two Horses Harnessed to a Tanner’s Cart; and A Slight Sketch of Buildings

1820

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Return from Italy Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 98 × 128 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D16729
Turner Bequest CXCII 45

Catalogue entry

This page contains a rather swift and rough study of two horses harnessed to a cart, described by Turner in a written inscription as a ‘Tanner’s cart’. There is also a slight sketch of unidentified buildings at the bottom of the sheet.

Nicola Moorby
April 2013

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