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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study for a Historical Picture 1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for a Historical Picture’ 1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 97 Verso:
Study for a Historical Picture 1816
D11025
Turner Bequest CXLIV 96a
Pencil on white wove paper, 97 x 154 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For historical studies in this sketchbook see Introduction and notes to folio 95 verso (D11023). Here, Turner has drawn a stormy landscape with a solitary figure with raised arms, perched on a rock just left of centre.

David Hill
January 2009

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Study for a Historical Picture 1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-for-a-historical-picture-r1144214, accessed 20 April 2024.