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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Cattle and a Building 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cattle and a Building’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
Cattle and a Building 1809
D07540
Turner Bequest CX 2
Pencil on white laid paper, 116 x 185 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CX 2’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This very slight outline looks like a barn or farm building, with an arched opening. There appear to be cattle on a slope at left and inside the building. The structure perhaps belongs to the group of buildings drawn on folio 3 of the sketchbook (D07541), where there are also a river, bridge and trees.
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David Blayney Brown
August 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Cattle and a Building 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-cattle-and-a-building-r1135655, accessed 25 April 2024.