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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Oak Room at Farnley Hall ?1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Oak Room at Farnley Hall’ ?1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Recto:
The Oak Room at Farnley Hall ?1814
D09771
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 75
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Part watermark ‘Fell | 18’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘75’ top left, ascending vertically, and ‘294’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 75’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a slight continuation of Turner’s sketch of the Oak Room at Farnley Hall ‘below’ on folio 74 verso opposite (D09770), showing the elaborate ceiling boss.

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Oak Room at Farnley Hall ?1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-oak-room-at-farnley-hall-r1147322, accessed 20 April 2024.