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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Group of Trees and Rustic Bridge; Near Kew 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Group of Trees and Rustic Bridge; Near Kew’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Verso:
Group of Trees and Rustic Bridge; Near Kew 1805
D05503
Turner Bequest XC 9a
Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Finberg and Hill observe, this small sketch, drawn in the top left corner, shows the same trees and bridge in the grounds of Kew Palace shown on folio 9 of the sketchbook (D05502).

David Blayney Brown
August 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Group of Trees and Rustic Bridge; Near Kew 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2007, 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-group-of-trees-and-rustic-bridge-near-kew-r1129814, accessed 23 April 2024.