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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Gateway to the Flower Garden, Farnley Hall ?1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Gateway to the Flower Garden, Farnley Hall’ ?1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Verso:
The Gateway to the Flower Garden, Farnley Hall ?1814
D09677
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 6a
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a sketchier version of the view on folio 5 verso (D09675), apparently made to show the full height of the trees in the background, which are somewhat cramped in the other drawing; see the entry for the latter for further discussion.

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Gateway to the Flower Garden, Farnley Hall ?1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-the-gateway-to-the-flower-garden-farnley-hall-r1147228, accessed 17 July 2024.