Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Nude Woman Reclining

c.1800–7

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Academies Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 172 × 119 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D05197
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 26

Catalogue entry

The model’s foot extends on to folio 25 verso of the sketchbook (D40643).
Verso:
Blank, save for a slight offset of the nude woman seated, sketched on folio 26 (D05198).

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

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