Graphite and watercolour on paper
Liber Studiorum: Parts 5-10
Liber Studiorum: Parts 5-10
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Liber Studiorum 1807-1819 Watercolours
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>
Hedging and Ditching
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
agriculture and fishing
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
farm labourer
farmland
fence
hedging and ditching
hill
landscape
man
objects
people
pick axe
sheep
spade
tools and machinery
townscapes / man-made features
tree
woman
work and occupations
<p>This image, which Turner described as a ‘Pastoral’, shows a landscape of the England (‘Albion’) of Blake’s day. It does not conform exactly to the words ‘Albions lovely land’ which Blake inscribed on the proof frontispiece to the book Jerusalem also shown in this display. Showing men hard at work it is not a scene from the Golden Age of man’s innocence. But the future return of the Golden Age is implied in the concluding words of the hymn Jerusalem: that of peace built in our ‘green &amp; pleasant land’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
1 October 2007 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
1 October 2007 – 6 January 2008
2008-01-06
2007-10-01
National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA)
10 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-10
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, USA)
http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
23 June 2008 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
2008-06-23
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
http://www.metmuseum.org
2007-10-01
JMW Turner
Tate partnerships & programmes
Hedging and Ditching
support: 184 × 258 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
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<span class="text7">This image, which Turner described as  a      ‘Pastoral’, shows a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> of the England      (‘Albion’) of Blake’s day. It does not conform exactly to      the words ‘Albions lovely land’ which Blake inscribed on the      proof frontispiece to the book </span><span class="text6">Jerusalem</span><span class="text7"> also shown in this display. Showing men hard at work it is      not a scene from the Golden Age of man’s innocence. But the </span><span class="text15">future return of the Golden Age is implied</span><span class="text7"> in the concluding words of  the hymn </span><span class="text6">Jerusalem</span><span class="text7">: that of peace built in our      ‘green &amp; pleasant land’.     </span>
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