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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Fashionable Ladies with Elaborate Hairstyles and Corsages 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fashionable Ladies with Elaborate Hairstyles and Corsages’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Verso:
Fashionable Ladies with Elaborate Hairstyles and Corsages 1839
D28075
Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 17 a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 94 x 154 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally relative to the foliation, Turner has drawn seven profiles of women with their heads turned at various angles, paying particular attention to their hairstyles. At the left Turner focuses on the shape of the corsage and bust of one woman.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Fashionable Ladies with Elaborate Hairstyles and Corsages 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-fashionable-ladies-with-elaborate-hairstyles-and-corsages-r1150349, accessed 19 April 2024.