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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Horses and a Cart, with Figures, in a Sandy Cutting Leading to the Sea, with the Rigging of Sailing Vessels beyond Buildings 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Horses and a Cart, with Figures, in a Sandy Cutting Leading to the Sea, with the Rigging of Sailing Vessels beyond Buildings’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 59 Recto:
Horses and a Cart, with Figures, in a Sandy Cutting Leading to the Sea, with the Rigging of Sailing Vessels beyond Buildings 1796–7
D01236
Turner Bequest XXXVII 119
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 119’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The composition continues across folio 58 verso opposite (D01235; Turner Bequest XXXVII 118), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Horses and a Cart, with Figures, in a Sandy Cutting Leading to the Sea, with the Rigging of Sailing Vessels beyond Buildings 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-horses-and-a-cart-with-figures-in-a-sandy-cutting-leading-to-r1149926, accessed 26 April 2024.