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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Seated Male Nude Seen from Behind c.1798-9

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Seated Male Nude Seen from Behind’ c.1798-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Recto:
A Seated Male Nude Seen from Behind c.1798–9
D01828
Turner Bequest XLIII 12
Pencil and white chalk on blue laid paper prepared with a red-brown ground, 216 x 140 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘12’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLIII – 12’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a sequence of life studies between folios 1 recto and 14 recto (D01816–D01826, D01828, D01829; Turner Bequest XLIII 2, 3, 3a, 4–7, 1, 8–10, 12, 13).
Verso:
Blank, prepared with a red-brown ground.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Seated Male Nude Seen from Behind c.1798–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-seated-male-nude-seen-from-behind-r1174028, accessed 18 April 2024.