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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees, Probably by the River Thames at Barnes c.1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees, Probably by the River Thames at Barnes’ c.1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 61 Recto:
Trees, Probably by the River Thames at Barnes c.1827
D22439
Turner Bequest CCXL 61
Pencil on white wove paper, 68 x 110 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘61’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCXL – 61’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing of trees, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, falls within a sequence of views on the River Thames in the vicinity of Hammersmith Bridge. There is a similar sketch, perhaps continuous with this, on folio 60 verso opposite (D22438), and a study of trees by the river on the verso (D22440). As the views of the bridge from folio 62 recto (D22441) onwards appear to be from the more rural south bank at Barnes, these trees were probably observed nearby.
For other views along the Thames between the bridges at Hammersmith and Putney, see under folio 58 verso (D22434).

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Trees, Probably by the River Thames at Barnes c.1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, 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-trees-probably-by-the-river-thames-at-barnes-r1148589, accessed 23 April 2024.