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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Landscape; Studies of Figures 1845

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Landscape; Studies of Figures’ 1845
Folio 9 Verso:
A Landscape; Studies of Figures 1845
D35278
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 9a
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 104 mm
At the top left is a landscape outline, possibly of a town while the remainder of the page is dotted with sketches of three figures and possibly a dog. Each figure wears a bonnet, the one in the centre formed by a deft flick of Turner’s pencil.

Amy Concannon
May 2025

How to cite

Amy Concannon, ‘A Landscape; Studies of Figures 1845’, catalogue entry, May 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, July 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/a-landscape-studies-of-figures-r1214188, accessed 11 July 2026.