Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown artist

formerly Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
A Forest Road
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (14.9 x 25.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in pen and black ink center: "Norbury Park | Surrey"; in graphite center: "Turner < . . . >"; in graphite lower right: "D24250"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1986.29.234
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
trees | forest | figures | landscape | genre subject | roads | parks | wagons | horses (animals)
Currently On View:
Not on view
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, no. 57, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

An exhibition of English drawings and water colors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, February 18-April 1, 1962, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1962, p. 43, no. 87, , NC228 U6 (YCBA) Copy 2 is on Mellon Shelf

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, intro. p. 5, p. 95, no. 145, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (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, no. 57, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1877