Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Autumn Sowing of the Grain
Date:
ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 12 7/8in. (21.6 x 32.7cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: 1794; collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1423
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
dogs (animals) | horses (animals) | autumn | chickens | landscape | grain | baskets | genre subject | plows
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Christiana Payne, Toil and plenty : images of the agricultural landscape in England, 1780-1890, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, pp. 15, 131-2, 195, no. 42, ND1354.4 P39 1993 (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 318, No. 173, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5462