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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of the Front of Hougoumont among Trees 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of the Front of Hougoumont among Trees’ 1817
Folio 25 Verso:
Distant View of the Front of Hougoumont among Trees 1817
D12748
Turner Bequest CLX 25a
Pencil on white wove paper, 150 x 94 mm
 
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).
With the page turned horizontally, this view of the outer walls and gate of Hougoumont is taken from further away than the sketch on the recto (D12747) and takes in more of the return wall on the right.

David Blayney Brown
February 2017

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Distant View of the Front of Hougoumont among Trees 1817’, catalogue entry, February 2017, 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/distant-view-of-the-front-of-hougoumont-among-trees-r1212116, accessed 31 July 2026.