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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Tree near a Lake with Woods and Hills Beyond c.1800-1

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Tree near a Lake with Woods and Hills Beyond’ c.1800-1
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
A Tree near a Lake with Woods and Hills Beyond c.1800–1
D03655
Turner Bequest LXI 3
Pencil on coarse off-white wove paper, 206 x 131 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘3’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXI – 3’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is very possibly copied from part of a composition by Gaspard Dughet (1615–1675); compare folios 1 recto and 2 recto (D03653, D03654).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Tree near a Lake with Woods and Hills Beyond c.1800–1 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-tree-near-a-lake-with-woods-and-hills-beyond-r1178037, accessed 24 November 2024.