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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > Dynevor Castle Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Plants 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Plants’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Verso:
Study of Plants 1798
D01556
Turner Bequest XL 55a
Pencil on white wove paper, 135 x 95 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘38’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XL – 55 a’ top right, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the study is continued on folio 58 recto opposite (D01557; Turner Bequest XL 56). The plants appear to be roadside weeds: dock, butterbur and nettles.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Plants 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-plants-r1173795, accessed 08 May 2024.