'A Classical Composition', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Classical Composition

From Hastings Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXXXIX

Date c.1816-17

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 129 x 205 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D10346

Turner Bequest CXXXIX 3 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 3 Verso:

A Classical Composition circa 1816–17

D10346
Turner Bequest CXXXIX 3a

Pencil on white wove paper, 129 x 205 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

See catalogue note to the recto (D10345), which has a slighter sketch with similar motifs including a statue on a pedestal.

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1810s

Hastings Sketchbook

Tate Collection

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Turner Bequest

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Joseph Mallord William TurnerA Classical Composition c.1816-17

Artwork details

Turner's sketchbooks