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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of Figures and Faces c.1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of Figures and Faces’ c.1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Recto:
Studies of Figures and Faces circa 1807
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Turner Bequest XCVI 54
Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘54’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCVI 54’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Various studies: a man seated, children, and four sketches of faces.

David Blayney Brown
October 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Studies of Figures and Faces c.1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2006, 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-figures-and-faces-r1130208, accessed 26 April 2024.