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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Reclining Female Nude 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Reclining Female Nude’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Verso:
Reclining Female Nude 1809
D07919
Turner Bequest CXIII 44a
Pencil on white wove paper, 83 x 114 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this is a very slight preliminary outline of the torso of the same figure as on folios 43 verso–44 (D07917–D07918).

David Blayney Brown
July 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Reclining Female Nude 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-reclining-female-nude-r1135875, accessed 18 April 2024.