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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Horses; a Landscape with Buildings 1828

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Horses; a Landscape with Buildings’ 1828
Folio 54 Verso:
Two Horses; a Landscape with Buildings 1828
D21948
Turner Bequest CCXXXVII 54a
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 71 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Blue Har | Rd’ towards top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turning the sketchbook vertically, Turner filled the upper section of this page with a rough outline of two horses loaded with goods. His upper inscription ‘Blue Har | Rd’ appears to provide colour notes relating to a harness. Beneath is a slight landscape study with buildings in the foreground and a road leading towards distant hills.

Hannah Kaspar
December 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Two Horses; a Landscape with Buildings 1828’, catalogue entry, December 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/two-horses-a-landscape-with-buildings-r1210506, accessed 22 July 2025.