'Nude Figure', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Nude Figure

From Rokeby and Appleby Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCLXIV

Date c.1830-1

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 94 x 74 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D25527

Turner Bequest CCLXIV 2 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 2 Verso:

Nude Figure circa 1830–1

D25527
Turner Bequest CCLXIV 2a

Pencil on white wove paper, 94 x 74 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Turner’s second figure study in this sketchbook shows a female figure from the back with her left arm raised, and may be the opposite view to the sketch on folio 1 verso (D25525). The same pose is adopted in a more assured third figure study on folio 3 verso (D25529).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

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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

1830-35 Annual tourist

Sketchbooks from the 1830s

Rokeby and Appleby Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest