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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees, and Distant House, on the Banks of a River c.1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees, and Distant House, on the Banks of a River’ c.1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 34 Recto:
Trees, and Distant House, on the Banks of a River circa 1807
D05999
Turner Bequest XCVI 34
Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘34’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCVI 34’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There seems to be a slighter sketch of the same unidentified house on folio 33 verso (D05998).
Here the house stands near a small bridge, perhaps over a canal, with trees to the left.

David Blayney Brown
October 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Trees, and Distant House, on the Banks of a River c.1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2006, 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-trees-and-distant-house-on-the-banks-of-a-river-r1130175, accessed 26 April 2024.