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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Group of Trees by the Thames 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Group of Trees by the Thames’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Recto:
Group of Trees by the Thames 1805
D05565
Turner Bequest XC 48
Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘48’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XC 48’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued on folio 47 verso (D40572). This stretch of the river has yet to be identified. For similar views in this sketchbook see folio 46 (D05562).

David Blayney Brown
August 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Group of Trees by the Thames 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-by-the-thames-r1129879, accessed 23 April 2024.