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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Cow Seen from the Side c.1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Cow Seen from the Side’ c.1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Recto:
A Cow Seen from the Side c.1801
D03727
Turner Bequest LXII 7
Pencil on white laid paper, 117 x 184 mm
Partial watermark: emblem
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘7’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXII 7’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For a general discussion of the cattle which form the exclusive subject of this sketchbook, see the Introduction.
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Cow Seen from the Side c.1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-cow-seen-from-the-side-r1178333, accessed 17 July 2024.