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Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
On the Washburn
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite and white highlighting on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 15 3/8 inches (27.3 x 39.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Signed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "JMWTurner RA"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4700
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
banks | birds | kingfisher | landscape | river | rocks (landforms) | trees
Associated Places:
England | Europe | North Yorkshire | United Kingdom | Washburn
Access:
Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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Exhibition History:
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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10 - 1983-02)

Publications:
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A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, cat. no. 35, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

Graham Reynolds, English Landscape 1630-1850, Apollo, vol.105, no. 182, April 1977, pp. 273, 275, fig. 13, N1 A54 105:2 + (YCBA) Another copy of this article may be found in a separately bound and catalogued copy of this issue located on the Mellon Shelf [call number : N5220 M552 A7 1977 + (YCBA)]

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 361, No. 540, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15 - June 20, 1965 , New Haven, 1965, cat. no. 35, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)

British Art at Yale, Apollo, v.105, no. 182, April 1977, pp. 273, 5, fig. 13, N5220 M552 A7 1977 OVERSIZE (YCBA) Published as April 1977 issue of Apollo; all of the articles may also be found in bound Apollo Volume [N1 A54 105:2 +]

Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5489
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