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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Leaves c.1815-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Leaves’ c.1815-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Verso:
Study of Leaves circa 1815–18
D10633
Turner Bequest CXLI 28a
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Compare the drawing of foliage on folio 23 of the sketchbook (D10624). Perhaps sketched at Richmond, these might be ideas for foreground vegetation in England: Richmond Hill, on the Prince Regent’s Birthday (Tate N00502)1 exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1819; see notes to folio 10 verso (D10601) for background to the picture and related drawings in this book.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

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Butlin and Joll 1984, pp.106–7 no.140 (pl.145).

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Study of Leaves c.1815–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-study-of-leaves-r1131686, accessed 25 April 2024.