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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Erotica and Improvisations c.1834-6 > Fishing at the Weir Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Country Weir, with Men Standing and Sitting c.1834-6

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Country Weir, with Men Standing and Sitting’ c.1834-6
Folio 15 Verso:
A Country Weir, with Men Standing and Sitting c.1834–6
D27752
Turner Bequest CCLXXXI 15a
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 101 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As set out in the Introduction, this is one of a sequence running through the middle of this sketchbook showing a substantial rural weir with a fence-like wooden superstructure, populated by numerous adults and children engaged in or watching fishing. The location is unidentified. The object towards the bottom left here may be an upturned umbrella or parasol.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Country Weir, with Men Standing and Sitting c.1834–6’, 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/a-country-weir-with-men-standing-and-sitting-r1149114, accessed 21 November 2024.