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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Erotica and Improvisations c.1834-6 > Fishing at the Weir Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Standing Angler in a Tall Hat and Other Figures at a Country Weir c.1834-6

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Standing Angler in a Tall Hat and Other Figures at a Country Weir’ c.1834-6
Folio 21 Recto:
A Standing Angler in a Tall Hat and Other Figures at a Country Weir c.1834–6
D27763
Turner Bequest CCLXXXI 21
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 101 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘21’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXXI – 21’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As set out in the Introduction, this is one of a sequence running through the middle of this sketchbook showing a substantial rural weir with a fence-like wooden superstructure, populated by numerous adults and children engaged in or watching fishing. The location is unidentified. This drawing of the wooded landscape below the weir is continued on folio 20 verso opposite (D27762), where the weir itself and figures are shown

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Standing Angler in a Tall Hat and Other Figures at a Country Weir c.1834–6’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/a-standing-angler-in-a-tall-hat-and-other-figures-at-a-country-weir-r1149124, accessed 29 December 2024.