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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Group of Houses and Trees, ?France 1820

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Group of Houses and Trees, ?France’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 99 Verso:
Group of Houses and Trees, ?France 1820
D16875
Turner Bequest CXCIII 98 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 94 x 115 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this drawing is too rough to be identified although it appears to depict a group of houses seen amidst trees. It probably relates to Turner’s return journey through France in January 1820.

Nicola Moorby
March 2011

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Group of Houses and Trees, ?France 1820 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, 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-group-of-houses-and-trees-france-r1138650, accessed 20 September 2024.