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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Oxford c.1787-91 > Oxford Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Group of Three Trees; ?a Falling Figure c.1789

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Group of Three Trees; ?a Falling Figure’ c.1789
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
Study of a Group of Three Trees; ?a Falling Figure c.1789
D00015
Turner Bequest II 5
Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 5’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is another tree study on folio 8 recto (D00019). The figure, the faint outline of which is difficult to interpret, may be related to that of an ascending putto on folio 17 verso (D00032), and to other slight figure studies in this book.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of a Group of Three Trees; ?a Falling Figure c.1789 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-study-of-a-group-of-three-trees-a-falling-figure-r1140168, accessed 26 April 2024.