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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Ancona to Rome Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketch of a Classical Female Figure and Inscriptions by Turner 1819

Image 1 of 2
  • Inside back cover of sketchbook
  • Enhanced image
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketch of a Classical Female Figure and Inscriptions by Turner’ 1819 (Inside back cover of sketchbook)
Inside back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inside Back Cover:
Sketch of a Classical Female Figure and Inscriptions by Turner 1819
D40931
Pencil on white wove paper, 184 x 110 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil
‘1’ [?Nap...] Dor [?Terni] | 1 Nap [...] and ‘Segt Dupont | Piazza [?D Papa] and ‘2. Florence’ bottom left, ascending left-hand side.
Also ‘Red’ top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page, the inner back cover of the sketchbook, contains a sketch of an unidentified draped female figure, possibly a study of a classical sculpture. There is also a very faint sketch of clouds in the top right-hand corner which Turner has inscribed with the word ‘Red’ and various inscriptions relating to his Italian travels.
Verso: Back Cover

Nicola Moorby
November 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Sketch of a Classical Female Figure and Inscriptions by Turner 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2008, 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-sketch-of-a-classical-female-figure-and-inscriptions-by-r1138996, accessed 23 April 2024.