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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Female Nude, Seated to Left, Head Resting on Left Arm 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Female Nude, Seated to Left, Head Resting on Left Arm’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
Study of a Female Nude, Seated to Left, Head Resting on Left Arm 1809
D07867
Turner Bequest CXIII 9
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 83 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXIII 9’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See Introduction to the sketchbook for its various drawings of the female nude.

David Blayney Brown
July 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Study of a Female Nude, Seated to Left, Head Resting on Left Arm 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-study-of-a-female-nude-seated-to-left-head-resting-on-left-r1135822, accessed 24 April 2024.