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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Life Drawing Class’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Recto:
Life Drawing Class c.1835–40
D27459
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 52
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘52’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 52’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study of students drawing from the nude is one of several sketches from the proceedings of life drawing classes in this volume. The drawing continues over onto folio 51 verso opposite (D27458; Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 51a). For more information, see the sketchbook Introduction.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘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-life-drawing-class-r1181592, accessed 25 April 2024.