'Study of a Seated Figure in Armour', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Study of a Seated Figure in Armour

From Literary and Other Subjects and Copies

Date 1792

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 136 x 96 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00189

Turner Bequest XVII N

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Study of a Seated Figure in Armour 1792

D00189
Turner Bequest XVII N

Pencil on white laid card, 136 x 96 mm
Stamped in black ‘XVII N’ top right, ascending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

As Finberg surmised, this drawing is for the figure of Don Quixote in Turner’s grey wash drawing of Don Quixote and the Enchanted Barque (illustrating Book II, chapter 29 of Cervantes’ novel) which, with a study for the composition, is in a private collection.1 See also verso (D40230).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

1

See Anne Lyles, Young Turner: Early Work to 1800: Watercolours and Drawings from the Turner Bequest 1787–1800, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1989, pp.23–4 nos.7, 8, reproduced.

Read this catalogue entry in full

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

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