Graphite and watercolour on paper
Studies for Liber Sketchbook
Studies for Liber Sketchbook
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Liber Studiorum c.1806-24
Berkshire
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Liber Studiorum 1807-1819 Watercolours
Studies for Liber Sketchbook
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>
Ploughing Eton
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
agriculture and fishing
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
baby
Berkshire
children
England
England, South East
England, Southern
Eton - non-specific
farmland
features
horse
landscape
man
objects
people
places
plough
ploughing
tower
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
woman
work and occupations
<p>At a time of war, ploughing had a powerful patriotic symbolism. The image of the plough is also part of biblical symbolism. Its function is implicit in St John’s vision of what he called ‘a new earth’ which came at the Last Judgement.</p><p>Turner probably drew this scene in the aftermath of Waterloo, the battle that finally rid Europe of Napoleon. Turner once said ‘the soil is British &amp; so shall be the harvest’. His sentiment is close to Blake’s thoughts in Jerusalem, though Blake’s words possess the energy of the prophetic visionary. This made Blake very different to his fellow artists.</p><p><em>Gallery label, December 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
6 December 2004 – 15 August 2005
2005-08-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-12-06
Blake and Jerusalem
Collection based display
Study for ‘Ploughing, Eton’
support: 230 × 344 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="text15">At a time of war, ploughing had a powerfu</span><span class="text6">l patriotic symbolism. The image of the plough is also part      of biblical symbolism. Its function is implicit in St John’s vision      of what he called ‘a new earth’ which came at the Last      Judgement. </span>
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<span class="text6">Turner probably drew this scene in the </span><span class="text13">aftermath of Waterloo, the battle that </span><span class="text15">finally</span><span class="text6"> rid Europe of Napoleon. Turner      once said </span><span class="text15">‘the soil is British &amp; so      shall be the</span><span class="text6"> </span><span class="text13">harvest</span><span class="text6">’.  His sentiment is close to Blake’s      thoughts </span><span class="text13">i</span><span class="text16">n </span><span class="text19">Jerusalem</span><span class="text16">, though Blake’s </span><span class="text14">words </span><span class="text16">possess the energy of the      prophetic</span><span class="text13"> visionary. This </span><span class="text17">made Blake very different to his fellow</span><span class="text18"> artists. </span>
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adults agriculture and fishing agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: mammals architecture baby Berkshire children England England, South East England, Southern Eton - non-specific farmland features horse landscape man objects people places plough ploughing tower townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions woman work and occupations
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