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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Calais Pier Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Head and Shoulders of a Stooping Woman c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Head and Shoulders of a Stooping Woman’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
The Head and Shoulders of a Stooping Woman c.1799–1805
D04951
Turner Bequest LXXXI 49
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–49’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This fragmentary sketch is probably the beginning of a study of a female nude, perhaps intended for inclusion in one of the ‘Holy Family’ subjects that Turner was trying out in this book; see folios 17 verso, 18 recto, 31 verso and 33 recto (D04935, D04936, D04962, D04965; Turner Bequest LXXXI 34, 35, 60, 63). There is another drawing of someone looking down on folio 25 recto (D04949; Turner Bequest LXXXI 47).
Technical notes:
There is offsetting from folio 25 verso opposite (D04950; Turner Bequest LXXXI 48).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Head and Shoulders of a Stooping Woman 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-the-head-and-shoulders-of-a-stooping-woman-r1178155, accessed 23 September 2024.