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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Hampton Court, Herefordshire: The Cascade 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hampton Court, Herefordshire: The Cascade’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 49 Recto:
Hampton Court, Herefordshire: The Cascade 1795
D00604
Turner Bequest XXVI 50
Pencil on white wove paper, 203 x 264 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Hampton Court’ bottom right and ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’ within the drawing
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 50’ bottom left, descending vertically
This is the basis for the finished watercolour executed for Viscount Malden, mentioned in the list of ‘Order’d Drawings’ near the beginning of this sketchbook (D40557) as ‘Cascade’ (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).1 See folios 48 recto, 50 recto, 51 recto and 52 recto (D00603, D00605–D00607; Turner Bequest XXVI 49, 51, 52, 53) for further drawings made at Hampton Court.
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
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Wilton 1979, pp.319–20 no.186, reproduced.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Hampton Court, Herefordshire: The Cascade 1795 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-hampton-court-herefordshire-the-cascade-r1140929, accessed 26 April 2024.