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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Group of Turkeys c.1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Group of Turkeys’ c.1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
A Group of Turkeys c.1799
D02245
Turner Bequest XLIX 3
Black chalk on white laid paper, 121 x 150 mm
Part watermark ‘Gater’
Stamped in black ‘XLIX – 3’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is a much slighter study of turkeys on folio 2 recto (D02244; Turner Bequest XLIX 2), also made with the page turned horizontally. For studies of other birds in this and the Swans sketchbook (Tate; Turner Bequest XLII), see under folio 1 recto (D02243; Turner Bequest XLIX 1).
Technical notes:
The sheet is discoloured from exposure.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘865’.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Group of Turkeys c.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-a-group-of-turkeys-r1174117, accessed 21 November 2024.