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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Groups of Sportsmen 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Groups of Sportsmen’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Groups of Sportsmen 1809
D07512
Turner Bequest CIX 1
Pencil on white wove paper, 225 x 371 mm
Endorsed by the Executors of the Turner Bequest in ink ‘No 163’ and signed by Henry Scott Trimmer and Charles Turner in ink ‘H.S. Trimmer’ and ‘C. Turner’, and initialled by Charles Lock Eastlake and William Prescott Knight in pencil ‘C.L.E.’ and ‘JPK’
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘1’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CIX 1’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This very slight sketch is probably related to others of fishing on the River Arun (east of Petworth) also from this sketchbook (D07513, D07514; Turner Bequest CIX 2, 3). The paper is discoloured. This must have been the first leaf or flyleaf of the sketchbook as it carries the Executors’ endorsement as well as what is probably Ruskin’s number.
Verso:
Blank. Laid down.

David Blayney Brown
June 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Groups of Sportsmen 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2006, 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-groups-of-sportsmen-r1135626, accessed 25 April 2024.