Gouache and watercolour on paper
Studies of Petworth Park and the Surrounding Landscape
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
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Petworth Park A Team Eight Cattle Pulling a Wagon Bullock Wagon
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
animals: mammals
cart
ox
society
transport: land
<p>Turner was a regular visitor to Petworth House, the home of his friend and patron, Lord Egremont. The West Sussex estate was maintained by the Earl as a model centre for modern agriculture with arable fields and grazing for cattle, sheep and deer. These two scenes featuring animals are characteristic of a series of informal watercolour and gouache studies on blue paper which Turner made during a stay at Petworth in 1827. With minimal brushstrokes and lack of background detail, the artist has vividly captured the essence of a brief observed moment.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2007</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
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2006-04-24
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Petworth Park: A Team of Eight Cattle Pulling a Wagon (‘The Bullock Wagon’)
support: 141 × 190 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>Turner was a regular visitor to Petworth House, the home of his friend and patron, Lord Egremont. The West Sussex estate was maintained by the Earl as a model centre for modern agriculture with arable fields and grazing for cattle, sheep and deer. These two scenes featuring animals are characteristic of a series of informal watercolour and gouache studies on blue paper which Turner made during a stay at Petworth in 1827. With minimal brushstrokes and lack of background detail, the artist has vividly captured the essence of a brief observed moment.</p>

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animals: mammals cart ox society transport: land
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