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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cow Grazing; a Study of its Head c.1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cow Grazing; a Study of its Head’ c.1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
A Cow Grazing; a Study of its Head c.1801
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Turner Bequest LXII 8
Pencil on white laid paper, 117 x 184 mm
Partial watermark: emblem
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXII 8’ 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.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Cow Grazing; a Study of its Head 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-a-cow-grazing-a-study-of-its-head-r1178334, accessed 26 April 2024.