Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
On the Washburn
Date:
ca. 1815
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and scratching out 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:
landscape | trees | banks | birds | kingfisher | river | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
North Yorkshire | United Kingdom | England | Washburn | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
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)

British Art at Yale, Apollo, v.105, April 1977, pp. 273, 5, fig. 13, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 60, 75, no. IV.30, pl. 48, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)

Graham Reynolds, English Landscape 1630-1850, Apollo, vol.105, April 1977, pp. 273, 275, fig. 13, N1 A54 105:2 + (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)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5489