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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Figure in Elizabethan Costume 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figure in Elizabethan Costume’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Recto:
Figure in Elizabethan Costume 1831
D25743
Turner Bequest CCLXV 56
Pencil on white wove paper, 96 x 59 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘56’ bottom left descending
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 56’ bottom left descending
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the right is a rather rapid sketch of a figure in a costume of loose jacket and trousers with a square cap. It apparently belongs to a group of three sketches of costumed figures on nearby pages of the book (see folios 54 verso and 55 verso; D25740, D25742), though there are also further sketches of people in fancy clothes on pages scatted throughout the sketchbook (see folio 57; D25745 for references).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Figure in Elizabethan Costume 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-figure-in-elizabethan-costume-r1134107, accessed 26 April 2024.