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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Head and Bare Shoulders of a Woman, Seen from Behind c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Head and Bare Shoulders of a Woman, Seen from Behind’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 49 Recto:
The Head and Bare Shoulders of a Woman, Seen from Behind circa 1800–7
D05223
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 50
Pencil on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘50’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 50’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This very slight sketch is a beginning of the same pose drawn whole figure on folio 50 of the sketchbook (D05224).
Verso:
Blank, save for a slight offset of the nude woman dancing on folio 50 (D05224).

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Head and Bare Shoulders of a Woman, Seen from Behind 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-the-head-and-bare-shoulders-of-a-woman-seen-from-behind-r1178407, accessed 26 April 2024.