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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Branches of a Fallen Tree ?1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Branches of a Fallen Tree’ ?1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 90 Recto:
The Branches of a Fallen Tree ?1799
D03926
Turner Bequest LXVI 90
Pencil and white chalk on blue laid paper, 83 x 166 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘90’ bottom left, descending vertically
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘90’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXVI – 90’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing was made with the page turned horizontally; the sketch of a torn branch on folio 89 verso opposite (D40780) is probably a continuation of this subject. See also the studies on folios 87 recto, 88 recto and 89 recto (D03923–D03925). All of them may have been made on the Fonthill estate when Tuner was there in 1799, as discussed under D03923.
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Branches of a Fallen Tree ?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-the-branches-of-a-fallen-tree-r1180166, accessed 23 April 2024.