Joseph Mallord William Turner

Female Nude

c.1835–40

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Life Class (1) Sketchbook [Finberg CCLXXIX (a)]
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 111 x 86 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D27444
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 44

Catalogue entry

This study of an academic nude is one of several similar works in this volume.The sketch continues onto folio 45 recto opposite (D27446; Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 45).
Technical notes:
The unaccessioned, blank recto is numbered in red in ‘44’ and stamped ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 44’.

John Chu
February 2015

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