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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Leaves c.1799-1800

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Leaves’ c.1799-1800
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 98 Verso:
Study of Leaves c.1799–1800
D03935
Turner Bequest LXVI 98a
Pencil on blue laid paper, 83 x 166 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXVI – 98a’ top left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, like the studies that Turner made of burdock and other weeds on folios 5 recto and 6 recto (D03836, D03837; Turner Bequest LXVI 4, 5) and in the contemporary Studies for Pictures sketchbook (Tate D04130; Turner Bequest LXIX 114) this is a note of a natural detail that he may have considered useful for possible inclusion in the foreground of a watercolour view.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Leaves c.1799–1800 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-study-of-leaves-r1180175, accessed 26 April 2024.