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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Midlands 1794-1802 > Marford Mill Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Fairground Caravans and Placards 1794

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fairground Caravans and Placards’ 1794
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
Fairground Caravans and Placards 1794
D00276
Turner Bequest XX 15
Pencil on white laid paper, 99 x 152 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XX 15’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Other fairground studies in this book are on folios 9 recto, 11 recto, 14 recto, 15 verso, 16 recto and 35 verso (D00270, D00273, D00275, D00277, D00278, D00311).

How to cite

‘Fairground Caravans and Placards 1794 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, 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-fairground-caravans-and-placards-r1140669, accessed 21 November 2024.