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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Pompeii, Amalfi, &c., Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Figure of a Boy 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figure of a Boy’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 91 Recto:
Figure of a Boy 1819
D15903
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 89
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Boy [...] | [...]’
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘278’ top left, inverted and ‘89’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXV 89’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The only sketch on this page is a small study of the figure of a boy in the top left-hand corner. The boy appears to be wearing an elaborate costume with a frilly collar and hat.
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Nicola Moorby
November 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Figure of a Boy 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2010, 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-figure-of-a-boy-r1138374, accessed 23 April 2024.