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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Composition Studies c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Composition Studies’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Recto:
Two Composition Studies c.1799–1805
D05047
Turner Bequest LXXXI 145
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘145’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–145’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, one of these studies is continued on folio 73 verso opposite (D05046; Turner Bequest LXXXI 144), under which the possible subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Two Composition Studies 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-two-composition-studies-r1178251, accessed 25 April 2024.