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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cow and Calf; a Study of a Calf's Head c.1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cow and Calf; a Study of a Calf's Head’ c.1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
A Cow and Calf; a Study of a Calf’s Head c.1801
D03724
Turner Bequest LXII 4
Pencil and watercolour on white laid paper, 117 x 184 mm
Partial watermark ‘king’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘4’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXII 4’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For a general discussion of the cattle which form the exclusive subject of this sketchbook, see the Introduction.
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Cow and Calf; a Study of a Calf’s Head c.1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-cow-and-calf-a-study-of-a-calfs-head-r1178330, accessed 17 July 2024.