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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > Lake Thun Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Chassis of a Coach, and Figures beneath Two Trees 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Chassis of a Coach, and Figures beneath Two Trees’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
The Chassis of a Coach, and Figures beneath Two Trees 1802
D04651
Turner Bequest LXXVI 3
Pencil on white laid paper, 156 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘3’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXVI 3’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg’s ‘carts’ appear to be the chassis of a single four-wheeled vehicle, with the front wheels turned.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Chassis of a Coach, and Figures beneath Two Trees 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2004, 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-the-chassis-of-a-coach-and-figures-beneath-two-trees-r1133126, accessed 23 April 2024.