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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales and Isle of Wight 1795-1800 > Smaller South Wales Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees by a Lake or River c.1795

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees by a Lake or River’ c.1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
Trees by a Lake or River c.1795
D00486
Turner Bequest XXV 25
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 130 x 205 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘25’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXV 25’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view may be on the Thames at or near Twickenham, a location with which Turner was to associate himself closely in later decades. See also the similar subject on folio 26 recto (D00487).
Verso:
Blank; a little colour offset from folio 26 recto opposite (D00487); stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Trees by a Lake or River 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-trees-by-a-lake-or-river-r1140805, accessed 21 November 2024.