Joseph Mallord William TurnerOutline Study of a Figure of Mercury ?1791

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Artist
Title
Outline Study of a Figure of Mercury
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
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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