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
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 18 inches (28.6 x 45.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "D"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1620
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | river | banks | trees | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
Washburn | North Yorkshire | Europe | United Kingdom | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

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:
John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 283, no. 87, pl. 87, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 60, 175, no. IV.31, pl. 49, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 87, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Ian Warrell, Turner's Sketchbooks, Tate Publishing, London, 2014, p. 75, NJ18.T85 W378 2014 (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 361, no. 539, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5466