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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees Seen against a Sunset Sky 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees Seen against a Sunset Sky’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 59 Verso:
Trees Seen against a Sunset Sky 1796–7
D01237
Turner Bequest XXXVII 120
Pencil, black chalk and gouache on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 93 x 113 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 120’ bottom right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally.

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Trees Seen against a Sunset Sky 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-trees-seen-against-a-sunset-sky-r1149927, accessed 20 September 2024.