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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of Arms 1792

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of Arms’ 1792
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Studies of Arms 1792
D40230
Pencil on white laid card, 136 x 96 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom centre
Inscribed in pencil ‘XVII N’ bottom right, descending vertically
Inscribed in pencil ‘Recto D00189 / verso D40230’ bottom centre
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These slight and incomplete sketches may be related to the Don Quixote subject; see recto (D00189; Turner Bequest XVII N).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Studies of Arms 1792 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-studies-of-arms-r1140321, accessed 09 May 2024.