Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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>
Donkeys beside a Mine Shaft
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
animals: mammals
architecture
donkey
industrial
landscape
mine
objects
rocky
tools and machinery
winch
<p>This shows a ‘gin’, a traditional rotating winch pulled by donkeys or horses to lift material up a mine shaft to a pithead. By the time Turner painted this, gins were being superseded by steam-driven winding gear.While the landscape is by Turner, the donkeys are the work of Sawrey Gilpin. Gilpin was an animal painter who often collaborated with other artists. He supported Turner’s first attempt to be elected as Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1798. This watercolour must have been intended for exhibition, but it was left unfinished.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2022</em></p>
paper unique gouache graphite watercolour
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
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
Donkeys beside a Mine Shaft
support: 577 × 780 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>This shows a ‘gin’, a traditional rotating winch pulled by donkeys or horses to lift material up a mine shaft to a pithead. By the time Turner painted this, gins were being superseded by steam-driven winding gear.While the landscape is by Turner, the donkeys are the work of Sawrey Gilpin. Gilpin was an animal painter who often collaborated with other artists. He supported Turner’s first attempt to be elected as Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1798. This watercolour must have been intended for exhibition, but it was left unfinished.</p>
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