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 > Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Stream, with Steep Banks and a Water Wheel c.1809-16

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Stream, with Steep Banks and a Water Wheel’ c.1809-16
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Verso:
Stream, with Steep Banks and a Water Wheel circa 1809–16
D10302
Turner Bequest CXXXVII 62a
Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 228 mm
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. The location of this wheel (Sussex; Devon; Cumbria?) is unidentified, as is whether it serves a mill or a forge. See also folio 66 verso of the sketchbook (D10317; Turner Bequest CXXXVII 73).

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Stream, with Steep Banks and a Water Wheel c.1809–16 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, 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-stream-with-steep-banks-and-a-water-wheel-r1131348, accessed 18 April 2024.