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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of the Branch of a Tree, and of a Figure Lying on the Ground c.1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of the Branch of a Tree, and of a Figure Lying on the Ground’ c.1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Verso:
Studies of the Branch of a Tree, and of a Figure Lying on the Ground c.1794
D00302
Turner Bequest XX 30a
Pencil on white laid paper, 99 x 152 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram centre right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The two images on this page are probably not connected; compare the study on folio 31 recto (D00303). Compare the outline sketches of branches on folios 12 recto and 13 recto (D40753, D00274); see also folios 24 verso and 25 verso (D00292, D00294).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Studies of the Branch of a Tree, and of a Figure Lying on the Ground 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-studies-of-the-branch-of-a-tree-and-of-a-figure-lying-on-the-r1140695, accessed 26 April 2024.