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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Four Cows, One of them Lying Down c.1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Four Cows, One of them Lying Down’ c.1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
Four Cows, One of them Lying Down c.1801
D03725
Turner Bequest LXII 5
Pencil on white laid paper, 117 x 184 mm
Partial watermark: emblem
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?B lo]’ towards top left on side of animal
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXII 5’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For a general discussion of the cattle which form the exclusive subject of this sketchbook, see the Introduction.
Verso:
Blank; watercolour silhouette of cow offset from folio 6 recto opposite (D03726).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Four Cows, One of them Lying Down c.1801 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-four-cows-one-of-them-lying-down-r1178331, accessed 26 April 2024.