Beech Trees
Beech Trees
Artist
Creation date
1795-1797
Materials
gray ink washes over pencil on white paper
Dimensions
7 1/2 x 6 in
Credit line
John Herron Fund
Accession number
13.442
Collection
Not Currently On View
The beech woods were the chief glory of William Lock's hilltop estate, Norbury Park, in Surrey and Turner made several deft studies of them before 1797.
Turner was invited to the region by Dr. Thomas Monro, his patron, who had his country place in the same neighborhood.
