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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Rome, Turin and Milan Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Milk Carrier's Cart, Milan 1829

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Milk Carrier's Cart, Milan’ 1829
Folio 8 Recto:
A Milk Carrier’s Cart, Milan 1829
D21678
Turner Bequest CCXXXV 8
Pencil on cream wove paper, 90 x 144 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Milan | Milk Ca’ towards top right, ‘Torino’ towards bottom right, and ‘F[...] Ch[...]’ towards bottom left
Inscribed in red ink ‘8’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ink ‘CCXXXV – 8’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner noted inside the front cover of this sketchbook (D41050) that he arrived in Milan at noon on a Wednesday (14 January), and complained of ‘Snow all the way’. Turning the sketchbook horizontally, he used this page for a rough outline of a milk carrier’s cart he observed during his stay in the city. He included comparisons with a second and possibly third cart below, one in ‘Torino’, as per his inscription. For further views of Milan in this sketchbook, see under folio 10 verso (D21683).

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘A Milk Carrier’s Cart, Milan 1829’, catalogue entry, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/a-milk-carriers-cart-milan-r1210319, accessed 15 April 2025.