Oil and gum arabic on paper
Tabley No.1 Sketchbook
Tabley No.1 Sketchbook
Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales, Lancashire and Yorkshire 1808
Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales, Lancashire and Yorkshire 1808
Cheshire
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Tabley No.1 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>
Tabley House Moat
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
boat, rowing
boat, sailing
Cheshire
classical
country house
England
England, Northern
estate
figure
group
groups
landscape
moat
people
periods and styles
places
residential
society
Tabley House
transport: water
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK man-made landmarks
water: inland
wooded
<p>Unusually, this sketch was painted on a page of a sketchbook, the 'Tabley' book used when Turner was staying with Sir John Leicester there in the summer of 1808; it was based on a pencil drawing in the same sketchbook. The sketch was cut from the book and bears signs of having been folded into four as if for despatch by post - perhaps to Sir John himself in connection with the two paintings of Tabley that Turner exhibited in 1809. Turner did not normally prepare samples of this kind, but the sketch was evidently made for a practical purpose rather than from nature.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique oil gum arabic
Tabley House from the Moat
support: 226 × 295 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>Unusually, this sketch was painted on a page of a sketchbook, the 'Tabley' book used when  Turner was staying with Sir John Leicester there in the summer of 1808; it was based on 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/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> in the same sketchbook. The sketch was cut from the book and bears signs of having been folded into four as if for despatch by post - perhaps to Sir John himself in connection with the two <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> of Tabley that Turner exhibited in 1809. Turner did not normally prepare samples of this kind, but the sketch was evidently made for a practical purpose rather than from nature.</p>
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adults architecture boat, rowing boat, sailing Cheshire classical country house England England, Northern estate figure group groups landscape moat people periods and styles places residential society Tabley House transport: water UK counties UK countries and regions UK man-made landmarks water: inland wooded
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