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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Midlands 1794-1802 > Marford Mill Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Three Men on Rocks ?1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Three Men on Rocks’ ?1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
Study of Three Men on Rocks ?1795
D00323
Turner Bequest XX 42
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XX 42’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The page is blank, except for a slight continuation of the drawing on folio 41 verso (D00322), inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Three Men on Rocks ?1795 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-study-of-three-men-on-rocks-r1140716, accessed 09 May 2024.