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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Cowthorpe Oak from the South 1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Cowthorpe Oak from the South’ 1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
The Cowthorpe Oak from the South 1816
D10889
Turner Bequest CXLIV 12
Pencil on white wove paper, 154 x 97 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ?‘Bulls ring’
Very faint trace of an inscription in red ink, possibly by John Ruskin, top right, and another ‘12’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CXLIV 12’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch shows the Cowthorpe Oak from a similar angle to the preceding sketch across folios 10 verso–11 (D10887–D10888), but from a more distant viewpoint.
For the Cowthorpe Oak in this sketchbook see folio 9 verso (D10885).

David Hill
January 2009

How to cite

David Hill, ‘The Cowthorpe Oak from the South 1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-cowthorpe-oak-from-the-south-r1144076, accessed 27 April 2024.