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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Chemistry and Apuleia Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Tall Tree c.1813

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Tall Tree’ c.1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Verso:
A Tall Tree c.1813
D09912
Turner Bequest CXXXV 15a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 88 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned vertically, the trunk of the tree in this slight drawing is concluded on folio 16 verso (D09914), which is missing its top or outer half and hence partly overlaps the present page. What may be the same tree is shown on folio 17 recto (D09915), under which its possible significance is discussed.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Tall Tree c.1813 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-a-tall-tree-r1147867, accessed 21 November 2024.