J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketch of a Putto with a Lyre c.1789

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketch of a Putto with a Lyre’ c.1789
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Verso:
Sketch of a Putto with a Lyre c.1789
D00037
Turner Bequest II 20a
Pencil on white laid paper, 249 x 160 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram centre right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned vertically. A ruled diagonal line on this page is a continuation from folio 21 recto (D00038).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Sketch of a Putto with a Lyre c.1789 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sketch-of-a-putto-with-a-lyre-r1140192, accessed 16 April 2024.