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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Wooded Landscape c.1807-14

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Wooded Landscape’ c.1807-14
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Verso:
A Wooded Landscape c.1807–14
D08311
Turner Bequest CXXII 18a
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 69 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned vertically, this rapid sketch perhaps shows a road receding between trees. There are various identified and likely subjects along the River Thames in this sketchbook, as discussed in the Introduction, so this might be a Thames Valley scene.

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Wooded Landscape c.1807–14 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-wooded-landscape-r1147787, accessed 16 April 2024.