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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of Women in Hooded Cloaks, a Man and a Woman Wearing Clogs, a Woman on a Cart, a Waggon with a Horse Wearing a Blanket and Hood, and a Dung Cart 1825

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of Women in Hooded Cloaks, a Man and a Woman Wearing Clogs, a Woman on a Cart, a Waggon with a Horse Wearing a Blanket and Hood, and a Dung Cart’ 1825
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 208 Recto:
Studies of Women in Hooded Cloaks, a Man and a Woman Wearing Clogs, a Woman on a Cart, a Waggon with a Horse Wearing a Blanket and Hood, and a Dung Cart 1825
D19252
Turner Bequest CCXIV 208
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Red’ above centre, and ‘y’ and ‘w’ centre left, on figures, ‘H[?orns] Grey’ and ‘white’ bottom left, and ‘Dung cart’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCXIV – 208’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, there are four bands of miscellaneous studies. The first and largest shows three women from the back and front in hooded cloaks, with one wearing a ‘Red’ dress. Below to the left are a man in a soft cap and a woman in clogs, who may be pushing a barrow. To their right, a woman drives a small cart, possibly drawn by long-eared donkeys. Below is a more substantial waggon or carriage with a horse wearing a fitted blanket and hood, with annotations, and lastly comes a cursory sketch of a ‘Dung cart’.
There are similar studies on folio 207 verso opposite and the verso (D19251, D19253); the latter includes a larger study of women in bonnets and cloaks. While there is no indication of their setting, they were likely made in the streets of Ghent as they fall within a series of views around the city; see under folio 201 verso (D19239). See the sketchbook’s Introduction for discussion of its many figure scenes, and studies of individuals, their costume and headgear.

Matthew Imms
September 2020

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Studies of Women in Hooded Cloaks, a Man and a Woman Wearing Clogs, a Woman on a Cart, a Waggon with a Horse Wearing a Blanket and Hood, and a Dung Cart 1825 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2020, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-studies-of-women-in-hooded-cloaks-a-man-and-a-woman-wearing-r1202604, accessed 31 May 2025.