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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Cow Lying Down 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Cow Lying Down’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 60 Verso:
Study of a Cow Lying Down 1796–7
D01245
Turner Bequest XXXVII 128
Black and white chalks with watercolour and pencil on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 93 x 113 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 128’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally. There is a second very slight study to the left. For other cows in this book, see folios 21 verso, 22 recto, 47 verso and 48 recto (D01159, D01160, D01213, D01214; Turner Bequest XXXVII 42, 43, 96, 97).

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of a Cow Lying Down 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-study-of-a-cow-lying-down-r1149929, accessed 26 April 2024.