Ploughing Up Turnips, near Slough ('Windsor')

Ploughing Up Turnips, near Slough ('Windsor') is an 1809 oil-on-canvas painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner combining elements of landscape art and genre painting.^[1] It depicts a view of Windsor in Berkshire, some miles west of London. Despite the presence of Windsor Castle and Eton College on the skyline, the focus is on the farm labourers harvesting turnips during the winter.^[2] The turnips were then used to fatten cattle.^[3]

Ploughing Up Turnips, near Slough ('Windsor')
Artist	J. M. W. Turner
Year	1809
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	101.9 cm × 130.2 cm (40.1 in × 51.3 in)
Location	Tate Britain, London
Accession	N00486
Website	tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-ploughing-up-turnips-near-slough-windsor-n00486

The style echoes the work of Claude Lorraine, who Turner admired.^[4] It was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art's 1809 Summer Exhibition at Somerset House in London. Today it is in the collection of the Tate Britain in Pimlico, having been part of the Turner Bequest to the nation.^[2]

See also

• List of paintings by J. M. W. Turner