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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of a Procession in Honour of Bacchus 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of a Procession in Honour of Bacchus’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 84 Recto:
Studies of a Procession in Honour of Bacchus 1805
D05616
Turner Bequest XC 84
Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘84’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘XC 84’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. The procession studies are variants of those on folio 83 verso (D05615), for which see catalogue note. That of Antony and Cleopatra, which Hill says is on this leaf, is also on folio 83 verso, with only a very slight overlap here.

David Blayney Brown
August 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Studies of a Procession in Honour of Bacchus 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2007, 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-studies-of-a-procession-in-honour-of-bacchus-r1129931, accessed 23 April 2024.