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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Royal Academy c.1789-99 > Figure Studies > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Bearded Friar Holding a Staff c.1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Bearded Friar Holding a Staff’ c.1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Bearded Friar Holding a Staff c.1796–7
D00719
Turner Bequest XXIX N
Pencil, red chalk and watercolour on white wove paper, 278 x 238 mm
Watermark ‘WHATMAN 1794’
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXIX N’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Although it is possible that this drawing was copied from a print or some other source, it seems to be an invention, albeit somewhat wooden, of the artist himself. Finberg gave it the title ‘An Aged Beggar’.
The verso is D40247.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Bearded Friar Holding a Staff c.1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-a-bearded-friar-holding-a-staff-r1140205, accessed 25 April 2024.