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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1831 > Rokeby and Appleby Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures in a Garden 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures in a Garden’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Recto:
Figures in a Garden 1831
D25609
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 44
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 94 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘44’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIV – 44’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This garden scene has not been identified. It shows a garden enclosed by hedges with a large monument or fountain at the left and three of four figures standing and sitting around. If this sketch was made during Turner’s 1831 tour, it may be related to his time spent with Sir Walter Scott and his publisher Robert Cadell, who may be included in the picture.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Figures in a Garden 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 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-figures-in-a-garden-r1133969, accessed 26 April 2024.