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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Clouds Enclosing a Standing Figure 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Clouds Enclosing a Standing Figure’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 117 Recto:
?Clouds Enclosing a Standing Figure 1799
D02170
Turner Bequest XLVI 117
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘117’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 117’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The precise significance of the slight sketch, made with the page turned horizontally, is unknown.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Clouds Enclosing a Standing Figure 1799 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-clouds-enclosing-a-standing-figure-r1180029, accessed 16 April 2024.