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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Recto:
Figures 1809
D07855
Turner Bequest CXIII 1
Pencil on white wove paper, 83 x 114 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘1’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXIII 1’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This tiny sketch is almost illegible and Finberg’s title (described as ‘pure inspiration’ in a pencil annotation to a copy of the Inventory in Tate’s library) can only be based on adjacent sketches of figures in open country on folios 2 verso–3 and 4 (D07857–D07858, D07860) and those of gun-dogs and sportsmen at the other end of the book.
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David Blayney Brown
July 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Figures 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-figures-r1135810, accessed 25 April 2024.