the Farm Yard Composition with the White Horse

By Kind Permission of a Private Collection

See The Straw Yard.

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J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
The Straw Yard c.1806-7
Pencil and watercolour on off-white wove writing paper, 18.3x26cm
Engraving:
Engraved by C. Turner, 1808
Mezzotint engraving, 18x26cm
Engraved for the Liber Studiorum, part 2
Provenance: Turner Bequest, 1856 (CXVI J)
Further Comments: This work is the only one of Turner's 'Liber' subjects to later be done in oils (1808). The sepia drawing is in the Turner Bequest, and is in fact a reverse image of the engraving.
Collection: Tate Gallery, London