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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Hesperides (1) Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Standing Figures 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Standing Figures’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Recto:
Standing Figures 1805
D05841
Turner Bequest XCIII 43
Pen and ink on white wove paper, 171 x 262 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘43’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCIII 43’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This very slight sketch must belong with other figure studies on folios 44, 44 verso and inside the back cover of the sketchbook (D05842, D05844, D40635). The latter three appear to be drawn by water, presumably the Thames or a tributary, and include carts or horses being watered. Hill was the first to observe their relationship to the contemporary, unfinished oil known as Men with Horses Crossing a River (Tate N02695) 1, but there seems no connection in this instance.
There are offsets or continuations of green and blue from folio 42 verso (D05840).
1
Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984, p.118 no.170 (pl.170).
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
October 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Standing Figures 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 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-standing-figures-r1130063, accessed 26 April 2024.