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 > Drawings from the Nude Model > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Seated Male Nude Leaning Forward c.1796

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Seated Male Nude Leaning Forward’ c.1796
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Seated Male Nude Leaning Forward c.1796
D40234
Black chalk on laid blue wrapping paper, 514 x 349 mm
Watermark ‘6’ or ‘9’
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is an offset of this drawing on Tate D00055 (Turner Bequest V B). The recto is Tate D00202 (Turner Bequest XVIII G).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Seated Male Nude Leaning Forward c.1796 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-seated-male-nude-leaning-forward-r1140220, accessed 24 April 2024.