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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Midlands 1794-1802 > Watercolours Including Midland Subjects > Artwork

Unknown artist, Britain, formerly attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner Schematic Studies of a Head c.1794-5

Unknown artist, Britain, formerly attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Schematic Studies of a Head’ c.1794-5
Schematic Studies of a Head c.1794–5
D41456
Black chalk on white wove paper, 243 x 278 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Technical notes:
This is the verso of the upper layer of Turner’s original mount for a watercolour of Llangollen, still attached to the recto (D00861; Turner Bequest XXXII E). As explained in the technical notes for recto, two further layers of paper with similar amateur drawings, which had formed further layers of the mount, were separated from this one in 1987.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Schematic Studies of a Head c.1794–5’, 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/schematic-studies-of-a-head-r1141103, accessed 29 July 2026.