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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Trees; Three Figures in Kilts 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Trees; Three Figures in Kilts’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Recto:
Two Trees; Three Figures in Kilts 1801
D03277
Turner Bequest LVII 1
Pencil on white laid paper, 118 x 149 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘1’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LVII – 1’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The vertical study of trees is continued inside the front cover (D40639); drawn with the page turned horizontally, the three figures in Scottish dress may be compared with a drawing in the 1801 Scotch Figures sketchbook (Tate D03446; Turner Bequest LIX 6).
There is a further study of trees on the following opening, folios 1 verso–2 recto (D03278–D03279); see comments on Turner’s attention to trees on his tour of the Highlands in the Introduction to the 1801 Scotch Lakes sketchbook (Tate; Turner Bequest LVI).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Two Trees; Three Figures in Kilts 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-two-trees-three-figures-in-kilts-r1179475, accessed 17 July 2024.