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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Fallen Branches and Foliage ?1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fallen Branches and Foliage’ ?1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Verso:
Fallen Branches and Foliage ?1799
D01693
Turner Bequest XLII 18
Pencil, pen and black ink with watercolour and gouache on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 18’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing is continued on folio 10 recto opposite (D01694; Turner Bequest XLII 19). Compare the studies on folios 8 verso–9 recto and 59 verso–60 recto (D01691–D01692, D01793–D01794; Turner Bequest XLII 16–17, 118–119). All these drawings of foliage may have been made in the park at Fonthill while Turner was working on his views of the house for William Beckford in 1799; see the Salisbury and Fonthill sketchbooks (Tate; Turner Bequest XLIX, XLVII).

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Fallen Branches and Foliage ?1799 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-fallen-branches-and-foliage-r1173889, accessed 21 November 2024.