The Garden: An Illustration to Thomas Moore's "The Epicurean"

c. 1837–39

Medium	watercolor over graphite, with scraping, on cream wove paper
Dimensions	Sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. (18.7 x 14.9 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.118
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Garden: An Illustration to Thomas Moore's "The Epicurean", c. 1837–39, watercolor over graphite, with scraping, on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.118

Select Bibliography

Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd. Annual Exhibition of Water Colour Drawings. March and April. 1927. Armstrong, Sir Walter. Turner. 2 volumes. London: T. Agnew; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Piggott, Jan. Turner's Vignettes. London: Tate Publishing. 1993. Rawlinson, W.G. The Engraved Work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. 2 vols. London: MacMillan & Co., 1913. Wilton, Andrew. J. M. W. Turner, His Art and Life. New York: Rizzoli, 1979. Omer, Mordechai. Turner and the Poets: Engravings and Watercolours from His Later Period. Exhibition catalogue. London: Greater London Council, 1975. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.

Provenance

Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar, sale, Christie’s, 2 June 1877, no. 25 or 125, sold to Agnew’s; [Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London]; Mrs. Prater, sale, Christie’s, London, 9 Apr. 1880, no. 95, sold to White; White (in 1880); Major U. P. Misa (in 1919); J. R. Smith (in 1921); Lord Derby (in 1926); [Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London, sold to Manton, Nov. 2003]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (2003–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.