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 59 Recto:
Life Drawing Class c.1835–40
D27471
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 59
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Visitor waiting for the ?model’ centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘59’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 59’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page of studies of a life drawing class is one of several in this volume. See the sketchbook Introduction for more information.
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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-r1181603, accessed 25 April 2024.