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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Figure; and Buildings 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Figure; and Buildings’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Verso:
A Figure; and Buildings 1831
D25673
Turner Bequest CCLXV 18a
Pencil on white wove paper, 96 x 59 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned to the right is a sketch of a female figure wearing a sleeveless dress and a blouse with what may be a feathered Scotch bonnet. The woman is one of a number of studies of costumed figures throughout this sketchbook (see folio 57; D25745 for details).
At the bottom of the page is a small sketch of a building with a square central section and two wings with domed roofs.

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘A Figure; and Buildings 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-figure-and-buildings-r1134037, accessed 14 January 2026.