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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Suspension Engineering; Life Drawing Class c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Suspension Engineering; Life Drawing Class’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 51 Verso:
Suspension Engineering; Life Drawing Class c.1835–40
D27458
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 51a
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The cursory manner of this depiction of a piece of suspension engineering is typical of this sketchbook. At the gutter is a continuation of the sketch of a life drawing class on folio 52 recto opposite (D27459; Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 52). For more information, see the sketchbook Introduction.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Suspension Engineering; Life Drawing Class 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-suspension-engineering-life-drawing-class-r1181591, accessed 26 April 2024.