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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Group of Figures 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Group of Figures’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Recto:
Group of Figures 1824
D19590
Turner Bequest CCXVI 20
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘20’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–20’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rough and swiftly rendered sketch captures a crowd of people in what appears to be an urban setting, perhaps a main square. Though slight, the sketch resembles a scene taken in 1839 by Turner as he awaited his diligence en route to Liège (Tate D28044; Turner Bequest CCLXXXVII 2).

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Group of Figures 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2014, 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-group-of-figures-r1174378, accessed 27 April 2024.