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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 47 Recto:
Trees 1799
D02064
Turner Bequest XLVI 47
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a pale buff ground, 130 x 79 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘47’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 47’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing is continued on folio 46 verso opposite (D02063). For comment on the tree studies in this book see under folio 46 recto (D02062).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘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-trees-r1179923, accessed 19 April 2024.