Joseph Mallord William Turner

Group of Peasants

1802

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Swiss Figures Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
Support: 198 × 163 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D04809
Turner Bequest LXXVIII 12

Catalogue entry

Of these four figures, three seem to be women; the one on the left is carrying a bundle on her head.
Verso:
Blank, save for slight offsets of watercolour from folio 13 recto of the sketchbook (D04810).

David Blayney Brown
May 2003

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