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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Trailing Plant 1799) 1799-1800

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Trailing Plant 1799)’ 1799-1800
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
A Trailing Plant 1799)
D02033
Turner Bequest XLVI 26
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a pale buff ground, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘26’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 26’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this study, made with the page turned horizontally, is perhaps as Finberg suggests a briar rose.1 The somewhat rounded leaves, however, suggest a type of Lonicera (honeysuckle).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

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Finberg 1909, I, p.115.

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Trailing Plant 1799) 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-trailing-plant-1799-r1179892, accessed 19 April 2024.