Oil on paper
Tate Collection
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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English Landscape
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
bush
England
hill
landscape
places
plants and flowers
UK countries and regions
valley
<p>More finished and darker in colour than the Devon sketches of 1813, this sketch is probably earlier. It shows a broad, rolling landscape, arranged in simple planes differentiated by tone and light with little indication of specific detail save for trees and shrubs. The style and topography have sometimes been associated with the two views of Lowther Castle Turner exhibited in 1810, although no such building appears.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique oil
English Landscape
support: 192 × 268 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>More finished and darker in colour than the Devon sketches of 1813, this sketch is probably earlier. It shows a broad, rolling <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>, arranged in simple planes differentiated by <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/t/tone" title="Glossary definition for 'Tone'"><span>tone</span></a> and light with little indication of specific detail save for trees and shrubs. The style and topography have sometimes been associated with the two views of Lowther Castle Turner exhibited in 1810, although no such building appears.</p>
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<p><b>211a. </b>[<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-english-landscape-d08272" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>D08272</span></a>]<b> English Landscape</b> <i>c.</i> 1810</p>
<p>THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON (CXXI-P)</p>
<p>Oil on paper, irregular, 7 9/16 × 10 1/2 (19·2 × 26·7)</p>
<p>Inscr. ‘9’ on reverse</p>
<p><b>Coll.</b> Turner Bequest 1856.</p>
<p><b>Lit.</b> Finberg 1909, i, p. 335.</p>
<p>As Finberg points out, this finished oil sketch is close in style to the Lowther Castle <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>landscapes</span></a>, exhibited in 1810, Nos. 111 and 112. The general disposition of the landscape is similar, though no castle is shown, as are the rather wispy trees on the right and the foreground detail. It is more finished than the Devonshire sketches of 1813 and the tonality is darker. Finberg dates it <i>c.</i> 1809; the dating given here is slightly less precise in implication.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, <i>The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner</i>, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-22T00:00:00
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bush England hill landscape places plants and flowers UK countries and regions valley
CXXI P