'Outline Study of a Figure of Mercury', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Outline Study of a Figure of Mercury

From Studies from the Antique and Other Sculpture

Date ?1791

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 457 x 314 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D40217

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Outline Study of a Figure of Mercury ?1791

D40217

Pencil on laid grey-brown wrapping paper, 457 x 314 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘No. 3 Thames Street’ top right
Stamped in brown ink with the Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom left

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This drawing was presumably executed about the same time as that on the recto (D00066; Turner Bequest V N).

Technical notes:

The top left corner has been torn off, and the lower portion of the sheet cut away; there are several vertical tears at top and bottom of the sheet.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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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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