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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Colour Trials c.1807-10

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Colour Trials’ c.1807-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Verso:
?Colour Trials circa 1807–10
D40273
Watercolour on white wove paper, 258 x 370 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These trials of blue, green and buff watercolours might have related to a watercolour study on the facing leaf, which is now removed but of which the stub remains in the sketchbook. John Ruskin’s endorsement (inside the front cover) states that a leaf was cut out.

David Blayney Brown
December 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Colour Trials c.1807–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2009, 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-colour-trials-r1133591, accessed 26 April 2024.