J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cornfield with Reapers and a Church Beyond, with a Misty Sun c.1797

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cornfield with Reapers and a Church Beyond, with a Misty Sun’ c.1797
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Cornfield with Reapers and a Church Beyond, with a Misty Sun c.1797
D00706
Turner Bequest XXIX A
Watercolour and scraping-out on white card, 149 x 180 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left
Stamped in black ‘XXIX – A’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The setting, if not imaginary, is unidentified. There are colour trials on the verso (D40105).

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Cornfield with Reapers and a Church Beyond, with a Misty Sun c.1797 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-cornfield-with-reapers-and-a-church-beyond-with-a-misty-r1174995, accessed 24 April 2024.