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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Figures 1845

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Figures’ 1845
Folio 11 Recto:
?Figures 1845
D35281
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 11
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 72 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘11’ bottom right (smudged)
Stamped in black ‘CCCLIV – 11’ bottom right
Possibly drawn with the book rotated and the page portrait in orientation, this swiftly-made and indistinct sketch may include an upright figure facing right, with arms outstretched.

Amy Concannon
May 2025

How to cite

Amy Concannon, ‘?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/figures-r1214191, accessed 11 July 2026.