A Beech Wood, Knockholt, Kent | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1930.455
People: Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
Title: A Beech Wood, Knockholt, Kent
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1799-1800
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298928

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on paper
Dimensions: 16.5 x 24.1 cm (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Emerson.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Emerson
Accession Year: 1930
Object Number: 1930.455
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Miklos Rajnai, "Picture Notes: Two Recently-discovered Oil-sketches", Turner Studies, Tate Britain (London, Winter 1983), vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 58-59, repr. p. 59, fig. 7 (mislabeled as fig. 8)
James Hamilton, Turner's Britain, exh. cat., Merrell Publishers Ltd. (London/New York, 2003), cat. no. 22, pp. 60, 62, pl. 39 (color)

Exhibition History

Turner's Britain, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 11/07/2003 - 02/08/2004

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1930.455: A Beech Wood, Knockholt, Kent