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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?A Swan (for Leda and the Swan) c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?A Swan (for Leda and the Swan)’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Verso:
?A Swan (for Leda and the Swan) circa 1800–7
D40640
Pencil and pen and ink on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed or described by Finberg, this is a slight continuation (probably showing the wings and tail of a swan) of the sketch of Leda and the Swan on folio 4 of the sketchbook (D05170).

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?A Swan (for Leda and the Swan) c.1800–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2004, 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-swan-for-leda-and-the-swan-r1178346, accessed 23 April 2024.