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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A House among Trees 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A House among Trees’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Recto:
A House among Trees 1799
D02039
Turner Bequest XLVI 29
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘4 | 18’, ‘3 | 4’, ‘9 | 3’ and 7 | 8’ top centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘29’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 29’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this large house has not yet been identified. It is presumably in North Wales, but as Turner made a point of drawing several houses in Lancashire, often the seats of his patrons, it is possible that this rapid but careful little study was made there; compare the study of Gawthorpe Hall on folios 58 verso–59 recto (D02086–D02087). The numbers inscribed above the drawing indicate the numbers of lights in each window.
Verso:
Blank; washed with a pale buff ground. There is grey wash offset from folio 30 recto opposite (D02040).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A House among Trees 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-house-among-trees-r1179898, accessed 27 April 2024.