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 > Windsor and Eton Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Cows c.1806-8

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Cows’ c.1806-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 89 Recto:
Two Cows circa 1806–8
D06174
Turner Bequest XCVII 89
Pencil on paper, 107 x 182 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘map of cow. curious’ bottom left of centre, and ‘88’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCVII 88’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
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.
What Wilkinson describes as Ruskin’s ‘schoolmasterish comment in red ink’ refers to the markings on the hide of the cow on the left.
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Butlin and Joll 1984, p.66 no.89 (pl.99).
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David Blayney Brown
September 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Two 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-two-cows-r1130355, accessed 23 April 2024.