- Artist
- Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Watercolour and bodycolour on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 139 × 188 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
- Reference
- D22685
Turner Bequest CCXLIV 23
Display caption
Using swift but precise flicks of his brush loaded with bright colour Turner depicts a vase spilling over with flowers. Other studies by him suggest that this floral arrangement was a prop being used by fellow artist William Beechey to paint the portrait Mrs Hasler as Flora, which remains at Petworth House. This watercolour is unique in the Turner Bequest. Turner rarely made still life studies and no others of flowers are to be found in the sketchbooks and drawings he left behind in his studio.
Gallery label, October 2023
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