Guards Sketchbook
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Guards Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<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 Mounted Soldier
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
clothing and personal items
helmet
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riding
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soldier
transport: land
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<p>Turner’s pictures of the battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo were based on notes and drawings he made in his sketchbooks. He went aboard the <span>Victory</span> when she was at Sheerness for repairs, taking notes from men still on board. Turner visited the battlefield of Waterloo in 1817. During a guided tour he sketched the terrain, troop positions, numbers of dead, and the ‘great carnage of the cuirassiers by the guards’. He also sketched uniforms.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique
28 October 2020 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
28 October 2020 – 12 September 2021
2021-09-12
2020-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
17 October 2021 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2021-10-17
Turner's Modern World
Loan-out
A Mounted Soldier
support: 69 × 103 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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<p>Turner’s pictures of the battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo were based on notes and drawings he made in his sketchbooks. He went aboard the <i>Victory</i> when she was at Sheerness for repairs, taking notes from men still on board. Turner visited the battlefield of Waterloo in 1817. During a guided tour he sketched the terrain, troop positions, numbers of dead, and the ‘great carnage of the cuirassiers by the guards’. He also sketched uniforms.</p>
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