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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees in a Park c.1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees in a Park’ c.1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
Trees in a Park c.1799
D01994
Turner Bequest XLVI 2
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 2’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this very slight sketch is difficult to interpret; it may show a part of the land surrounding the house drawn on folio 7 recto (D02002).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Trees in a Park c.1799 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-trees-in-a-park-r1179852, accessed 21 November 2024.