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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Broad Landscape with Ploughed Fields in the Foreground c.1795

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Broad Landscape with Ploughed Fields in the Foreground’ c.1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Recto:
A Broad Landscape with Ploughed Fields in the Foreground c.1795
D00489
Turner Bequest XXV 28
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 130 x 205 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘23’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXV 23’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg described the subject as ‘Distant town among foliage’. It is not clear that the large white house in the middle distance is part of a town, but a church spire is visible to the left. See also folio 27 recto (D00488).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Broad Landscape with Ploughed Fields in the Foreground c.1795 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-a-broad-landscape-with-ploughed-fields-in-the-foreground-r1140809, accessed 22 November 2024.