The Forest of Bere
Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1808
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
890 x 1195 mm
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486622
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Forest of Bere, by Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851). A circa 1808 landscape by J.M.W. Turner. A scene from the 3rd Earl of Egremont's (1751-1837) estate a few miles north of Havant in Hampshire. A pool is shown across the centre with at left, a man stripping osiers. On the right bank is a red and black cow and a white pony. Across the far bank is a line of trees with a sunset haze beyond.
Provenance
Bought from Turner by George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) from Turner's gallery in 1808 and thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by HM Treasury. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax. Allocated to Tate in 1984 and on long-term loan from Tate to the National Trust at Petworth.
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of tax and allocated to the Tate Gallery 1984. In situ at Petworth House
Marks and inscriptions
Turner R.A. (signed at bottom right of centre)
Makers and roles
Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851), publisher