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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Landscape with Two Female Figures in Foreground c.1810-16

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Landscape with Two Female Figures in Foreground’ c.1810-16
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Verso:
Landscape with Two Female Figures in Foreground circa 1810–16
D10309
Turner Bequest CXXXVII 66a
Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 228 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Blue sleeve’ lower right, alongside the right-hand figure
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. The landscape background is hard to decipher but seems to include hills and trees. One woman is seated, perhaps holding a small child. Her companion, standing, is wearing a large bonnet.

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Landscape with Two Female Figures in Foreground c.1810–16 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-landscape-with-two-female-figures-in-foreground-r1131361, accessed 27 April 2024.