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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Margate, London and Surrey c.1829-45 > Marine Dabblers Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Wooded Landscape, ?with Clouds c.1829-30

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Wooded Landscape, ?with Clouds’ c.1829-30
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Verso:
A Wooded Landscape, ?with Clouds c.1829–30
D22468
Turner Bequest CCXLI 3a
Pencil on gilt-edged green wove paper, 89 x 113 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this slight sketch shows a horizontal array of rounded forms. At the left they are developed into individual trees, but the rest may represent trees, clouds, or a combination of the two; compare folio 4 recto opposite (D22469).

Matthew Imms
May 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Wooded Landscape, ?with Clouds c.1829–30 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-wooded-landscape-with-clouds-r1148360, accessed 21 November 2024.