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 A Country Lane, Barn and Figures c.1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Country Lane, Barn and Figures’ c.1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Recto:
A Country Lane, Barn and Figures circa 1807
D06026
Turner Bequest XCVI 52
Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘52’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCVI 52’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg’s title is hard to explain. This is clearly a rural scene, probably at harvest time, related to that on folio 54 (D06028) and perhaps to his drawings around Cassiobury Park (see Introduction to the sketchbook).

David Blayney Brown
October 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Country Lane, Barn and Figures 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-a-country-lane-barn-and-figures-r1130204, accessed 24 April 2024.