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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Academies Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Drapery c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Drapery’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Verso:
Drapery circa 1800–7
D40642
Pencil on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed or described by Finberg, this is a brief indication of drapery continued from the sketch of a reclining nude woman on folio 24 of the sketchbook (D05196). There are also a few smudges or offsets from the same adjacent sketch.

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Drapery c.1800–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2004, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-drapery-r1178374, accessed 19 May 2025.