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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Standing Nude Woman, Left Arm Raised to her Head; a Standing Draped Figure; and a Detail of a Foot c.1816

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Standing Nude Woman, Left Arm Raised to her Head; a Standing Draped Figure; and a Detail of a Foot’ c.1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
A Standing Nude Woman, Left Arm Raised to her Head; a Standing Draped Figure; and a Detail of a Foot circa 1816
D10420
Turner Bequest CXL 6
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘6’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CXL 6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For life studies in this sketchbook see note to folio 5 (D10418). The same nude is drawn from different angles on folios 5 and 7 (D10418, D10422).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Standing Nude Woman, Left Arm Raised to her Head; a Standing Draped Figure; and a Detail of a Foot c.1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, 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-standing-nude-woman-left-arm-raised-to-her-head-a-standing-r1131403, accessed 26 April 2024.