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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Part of the Torso and Hips of a Nude Woman c.1799-1800

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Part of the Torso and Hips of a Nude Woman’ c.1799-1800
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 27 Recto:
Part of the Torso and Hips of a Nude Woman c.1799–1800
D04021
Turner Bequest LXIX 27
Ink on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘27’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-27’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight study was made with the page turned horizontally. The complete pose is recorded on folio 28 recto (D04022).
Verso:
Blank; offset from folio 28 recto

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Part of the Torso and Hips of a Nude Woman c.1799–1800 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-part-of-the-torso-and-hips-of-a-nude-woman-r1177899, accessed 23 April 2024.