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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Calais Pier Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Seated Male Nude, Seen from the Side c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Seated Male Nude, Seen from the Side’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
A Seated Male Nude, Seen from the Side c.1799–1805
D04918
Turner Bequest LXXXI 17
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–17’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Other academy studies of the male nude are on folios 5 recto, 6 recto, 7 recto and 10 recto (D04910, D04912, D04914, D04920; Turner Bequest LXXXI 9, 11, 13, 19). Studies of a supine male nude related to Turner’s ideas for historical subjects to be realised as oil paintings are on folios 11 recto, 12 recto, 13 recto and 16 recto (D04922, D04924, D04926, D04932; Turner Bequest LXXXI 21, 23, 25, 31).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Seated Male Nude, Seen from the Side c.1799–1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-seated-male-nude-seen-from-the-side-r1178122, accessed 16 April 2024.