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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797 ... > Swans Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Broken Branches and Foliage ?1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Broken Branches and Foliage’ ?1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Verso:
Broken Branches and Foliage ?1799
D01691
Turner Bequest XLII 16
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on buff laid paper, 125 x 174 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘796’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 16’ top left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, the subject is continued on folio 9 recto opposite (D01692; Turner Bequest XLII 17). Similar studies of foliage are on folios 9 verso–10 recto and 68 verso–69 recto (D01693–D01694, D01812–D01813; Turner Bequest XLII 18–19, 136–137). They may have been made in the park at Fonthill while Turner was there in 1799 to make views of the new house for William Beckford.
Technical notes:
John Ruskin’s inscription ‘796’ relates to the extraction of the leaf to display the recto (D01690; Turner Bequest XLII 15). The paper of this side is slightly discoloured from the prolonged exposure of that drawing.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Broken Branches and Foliage ?1799 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-broken-branches-and-foliage-r1173887, accessed 11 May 2024.