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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Stag Seen from the Front c.1789

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Stag Seen from the Front’ c.1789
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Verso:
Study of a Stag Seen from the Front c.1789
D00020
Turner Bequest II 8a
Pencil and watercolour on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are grey wash colour trials in the outer corners of the sheet. To the right is an extension of the ruled grid on folio 9 recto (D00021).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of a Stag Seen from the Front c.1789 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-a-stag-seen-from-the-front-r1140174, accessed 18 May 2024.