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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Group of Cows c.1806-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Verso:
Group of Cows circa 1806–8
D06119
Turner Bequest XCVII 46a
Pencil on white wove paper, 107 x 182 mm
Stamped in black ‘XCVII 46a; top right, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. See note to folio 21 (D06092) for sketches of cattle in this sketchbook and their likely connection with Ploughing up Turnips near Slough (Tate N00486)1 exhibited at Turner’s Gallery in 1809.

David Blayney Brown
September 2008

1
Butlin and Joll 1984, p.66, no.89

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Group of Cows c.1806–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2008, 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-cows-r1130300, accessed 29 March 2024.