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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Various Figures, a Horse &c on a Road 1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Various Figures, a Horse &c on a Road’ 1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 99 Recto:
Various Figures, a Horse &c on a Road 1816
D11029
Turner Bequest CXLIV 99
Pencil on white wove paper, 97 x 154 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Brooms’, ‘Children playing | with Water Helebores | as Umbrellas’
Inscribed, possibly John Ruskin, in red ink ‘99’ top left, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXLIV 99’, top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s miscellany here is of passing interest. It includes a rather overloaded horse, carrying a figure and several large rolls of material besides towing a cart; a solitary figure supporting a bundle on her head; two figures seated (perhaps on a cart?) with brooms; and a very quick jotting of children playing.
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David Hill
January 2009

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Various Figures, a Horse &c on a Road 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-various-figures-a-horse-c-on-a-road-r1144218, accessed 23 April 2024.