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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Branches c.1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Branches’ c.1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
Study of Branches c.1794
D40753
Turner Bequest XX 12
Pencil on white laid paper, 152 x 99 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘12’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XX 12’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is a similar slight study of branches on folio 13 recto (D00274); see also folios 24 verso and 25 verso (D00292, D00294).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram centre.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Branches c.1794 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-branches-r1140666, accessed 24 April 2024.