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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Historical Subject: Groups of Figures c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Historical Subject: Groups of Figures’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
Historical Subject: Groups of Figures circa 1800–7
D05172
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 6
Pencil and pen and black ink on white wove paper, 73 x 119 mm
Inscribed, probably by John Ruskin, in red ink ‘6’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject continues on folio 5 verso of the sketchbook (D05171), for which see catalogue note. The group of figures drawn in ink obscures a pencil sketch of a single figure.

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Historical Subject: Groups of Figures c.1800–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2004, 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-historical-subject-groups-of-figures-r1178349, accessed 26 April 2024.