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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Horse and Figures in Open Country 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Horse and Figures in Open Country’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
Horse and Figures in Open Country 1809
D07860
Turner Bequest CXIII 4
Pencil on white wove paper, 83 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘Light’ at centre, below rays of sunshine
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘4’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXIII 4’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See comment to folios 2 verso–3 of the sketchbook (D07857–D07858) for a similar subject. The locations are unidentified but could be in Cumbria or Yorkshire. There are smudges of ink from the inscriptions on 3 verso (D07859).
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David Blayney Brown
July 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Horse and Figures in Open Country 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-horse-and-figures-in-open-country-r1135815, accessed 25 April 2024.