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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Outline Study of a Figure of Mercury ?1791

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Outline Study of a Figure of Mercury’ ?1791
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Outline Study of a Figure of Mercury ?1791
D40217
Pencil on laid grey-brown wrapping paper, 457 x 314 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘No. 3 Thames Street’ top right
Stamped in brown ink with the Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom left
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing was presumably executed about the same time as that on the recto (D00066; Turner Bequest V N).
Technical notes:
The top left corner has been torn off, and the lower portion of the sheet cut away; there are several vertical tears at top and bottom of the sheet.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Outline Study of a Figure of Mercury ?1791 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-outline-study-of-a-figure-of-mercury-r1140255, accessed 19 April 2024.