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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Stream, with Large Rocks and Trees ?1792

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Stream, with Large Rocks and Trees’ ?1792
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Stream, with Large Rocks and Trees ?1792
D00141
Turner Bequest XII L
Pencil on off-white laid paper, 160 x 203 mm
Watermark ‘GR’
Stamped in black ‘XII L’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The location of this subject cannot be precisely identified. It may be a view of part of the group of waterfalls at Devil’s Bridge, which Turner certainly visited (see introductory note to the present section).
Technical notes:
The watermark is continuous with the crown on Tate D00142 (Turner Bequest XII M) which is the other half of the original sheet. A drawing on similar paper is Tate D00140 (Turner Bequest XII K).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Stream, with Large Rocks and Trees ?1792 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-a-stream-with-large-rocks-and-trees-r1141127, accessed 24 November 2024.