Joseph Mallord William Turner

?Tabley: Men Standing in Water beneath Trees

1808

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Tabley No.3 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 108 × 185 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D06994
Turner Bequest CV 10

Catalogue entry

For Turner’s visit to Tabley in 1808, see Introduction to the sketchbook. In the context of a sequence of views of the house and estate beginning on folio 2 (D06985) this sketch and others on folios 13–16, 18, 20 (D06996–D06998, D07000, D07005; Turner Bequest CV 11, 12, 14, 13, 15, 19) probably represent estate workers, sportsmen or fishermen around the wooded edges of the Moat or other waterways in the grounds.

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

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