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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Female Nude; Shipping c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Female Nude; Shipping’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Female Nude; Shipping c.1835–40
D27396
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘16’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 16’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The studies of an academic nude and a maritime vista are typical of the subjects which fill this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook Introduction.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Female Nude; Shipping c.1835–40 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-female-nude-shipping-r1181535, accessed 24 April 2024.