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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Brown and White Cow, Seen from Behind 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Brown and White Cow, Seen from Behind’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Recto:
A Brown and White Cow, Seen from Behind 1796–7
D01160
Turner Bequest XXXVII 43
Pencil and gouache on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 43’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For further studies of cows see folio 21 verso opposite (D01159; Turner Bequest XXXVII 42), and folios 47 verso, 48 recto and 60 verso (D01213, D01214, D01245; Turner Bequest XXXVII 96, 97, 128).

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Brown and White Cow, Seen from Behind 1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-brown-and-white-cow-seen-from-behind-r1149852, accessed 20 April 2024.