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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hougoumont from the Wood 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hougoumont from the Wood’ 1817
Folio 24 Recto:
Hougoumont from the Wood 1817
D12745
Turner Bequest CLX 24
Pencil on white wove paper, 94 x 150 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘258’ top left, and ‘24’ top right, both ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CLX – 24’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Turner at Waterloo in 1817 see Introduction to this sketchbook and notes to folio 16 verso (D12731).
This quick sketch, with the page turned horizontally, was taken from the wood lying just south of Hougoumont. See the verso (D12746) for a more detailed sketch, diagram and notes on action around Hougoumont during the battle in 1815, and under folio 22 verso (D12743) for more information.

David Blayney Brown
June 2025

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Hougoumont from the Wood 1817’, catalogue entry, June 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, June 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/hougoumont-from-the-wood-r1212113, accessed 31 July 2026.