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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Seated Figure c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Seated Figure’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Recto:
A Seated Figure circa 1800–7
D05218
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 45
Pencil on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘45’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 45’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch is very slight indeed and the gender of the figure is uncertain.

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Seated Figure 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-a-seated-figure-r1178400, accessed 19 April 2024.