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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Sussex Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A House among Trees c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A House among Trees’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Recto:
A House among Trees circa 1806–10
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Turner Bequest XCII 16
Pencil on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 153 x 216 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘16’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCII 16’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A slight sketch of unidentified Downs near the coast; the building among the trees is too sketchily drawn to be identifiable. There are splashes of grey wash unrelated to the drawing.
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David Blayney Brown
April 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A House among Trees c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, 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-house-among-trees-r1131055, accessed 25 April 2024.