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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > Swiss Figures Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Verso:
Figures 1802
D04874
Turner Bequest LXXVIII 74a
Pencil on white laid paper, 198 x 163 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXVIII 74a’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Finberg noted, the sketch (made or at least now bound with the sketchbook inverted) is faint and hard to decipher. There appear to be two figures, perhaps under trees.

David Blayney Brown
June 2003

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Figures 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2003, 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-figures-r1133578, accessed 16 April 2024.