Watercolour on paper
Natural History c.1820-4
Natural History c.1820-4
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
a Teal Flying
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
animals: actions
animals: birds
flying
teal
<p>During his visits to Farnley Hall, the Yorkshire home of his friend Walter Fawkes, Turner was drawn into the family's interest in ornithology. He contributed a group of twenty watercolour bird portraits to a series  of illustrative albums compiled for the library at Farnley. These contained documentation as well as examples  of the plumage of each species.</p><p>This study arises from a similar  interest in natural history. It is one of  a pair of studies in which Turner sought  to capture the motion of a bird as it  began or ended its flight.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
24 April 2006 – 23 October 2006
2006-10-23
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-04-24
Turner and the Natural World
Collection based display
26 January 2019 – 15 September 2019
2019-09-15
29 May 2019 – 15 September 2019
2019-09-15
2019-05-29
Millennium Gallery (Sheffield, UK)
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
2019-01-26
John Ruskin: Seeing Beauty, Inspiring Minds
Loan-out
1 April 2025 – 30 September 2025
2025-09-30
1 April 2025 – 30 September 2025
2025-09-30
2025-04-01
Turner’s House (Twickenham, UK)
2025-04-01
All Creature’s Great and Small: Turner’s Birds and Beasts
Loan-out
Study of a Teal Flying
support: 272 × 437 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>
During his visits to Farnley Hall, the Yorkshire home of his friend Walter Fawkes, Turner was drawn into the family's interest in ornithology. He contributed a group of twenty <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> bird <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> to a series <br/>
of illustrative albums compiled for the library at Farnley. These contained documentation as well as examples <br/>
of the plumage of each species.</p>
<p>
 </p>
<p>
This study arises from a similar <br/>
interest in natural history. It is one of <br/>
a pair of studies in which Turner sought <br/>
to capture the motion of a bird as it <br/>
began or ended its flight.</p>
<p>
 </p>
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Catalogue entry
2017-07-23T00:00:00
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animals: actions animals: birds flying teal
CCLXIII 341