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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of ?Figures and a Horse 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of ?Figures and a Horse’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 154 Verso:
Sketches of ?Figures and a Horse 1824
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Turner Bequest CCXVI 150 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 118 x 78 mm
Watermark ‘smith & [allnut] | 18[22]’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[...]’, ‘[D...]’ | ‘[...]’ | ‘and brass stub[...]’ top
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These disjointed, scrappy and rapidly executed sketches were probably taken by Turner whilst travelling on a diligence: the bumpy roads affecting his handling considerably. They appear to show figures and a horse at top right, and all have been drawn with the sketchbook turned upside down. The majority of Turner’s inscriptions are illegible though the words ‘and brass stub’ can be made out at top left.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Sketches of ?Figures and a Horse 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2014, 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-sketches-of-figures-and-a-horse-r1174646, accessed 23 April 2024.