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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Historical Subject: Group of Figures c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Historical Subject: Group of Figures’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Recto:
Historical Subject: Group of Figures circa 1800–7
D05191
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 20
Pen and ink on white wove paper, 73 x 119 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘20’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 20’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a variant of the central group, of adults with children or putti, in the figure subject drawn over folios 4 verso and 5 of this sketchbook (D05171, D05172).
Verso:
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David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Historical Subject: Group of Figures 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-historical-subject-group-of-figures-r1178369, accessed 19 April 2024.