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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Man and a Woman, and Oxen 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Man and a Woman, and Oxen’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Verso:
A Man and a Woman, and Oxen 1809
D07574
Turner Bequest CX 32a
Pencil on white laid paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with colour notes ‘White’, ‘Blue’, ‘Black’ and ‘Red’ alongside the woman and ‘Blue’, ‘Brown Light | Red’ alongside the man; and ‘In wet weather they wear Blue Horsemen cloaks with | Hoods’ below image
Stamped in black ‘CX 32a’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These could be agricultural workers, or employed in the local mining industry.

David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Man and a Woman, and Oxen 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-man-and-a-woman-and-oxen-r1135690, accessed 13 December 2025.