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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Calais Pier Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Standing Male Nude, Seen from the Side c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Standing Male Nude, Seen from the Side’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
A Standing Male Nude, Seen from the Side c.1799–1805
D04912
Turner Bequest LXXXI 11
White chalk on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–11’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of three academy studies in this book where the nude in drawn in white chalk alone. The others are on folios 7 recto and 11 recto (D04914, D04922; Turner Bequest LXXXI 13, 21).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Standing Male Nude, Seen from the Side c.1799–1805 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-a-standing-male-nude-seen-from-the-side-r1178116, accessed 25 April 2024.